Isognomon: Difference between revisions

Isognomon
	Live Isognomon sp. under a rock in Kona District, Hawaii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pterioida
Family:	Isognomonidae
Genus:	Isognomon; Lightfoot, 1786
species
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Isognomon is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks which are related to the pearl oysters.

Some of the species in the genus are known as tree oysters because they are edible, and grow on mangrove roots.[1]

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 Some of the species in the genus are known as '''tree oysters''' because they are edible, and grow on [[mangrove]] roots.[http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:VU6vzxPrLtYJ:www.papuaweb.org/dlib/tema/kamoro/muller-sda/12.rtf+%22tree+oyster%22+mangrove&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=11]
 [[Image:Tide pool shells in Kona 2.jpg|thumb|left|]]
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 ==Species within the genus ''Isognomon''==
-** ''[[Flat tree-oyster|Isognomon alatus]]'' (Gmelin, 1791) - Flat tree-oyster
+** ''[[Flat tree-oyster|Isognomon alatus]]'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small> - Flat tree-oyster
-** ''[[Isognomon bicolor]]'' (C. B. Adams, 1845)
+** ''[[Isognomon bicolor]]'' <small>(C. B. Adams, 1845)</small>
 ** ''[[Isognomon ephippium]]''
 ** ''[[Isognomon isognomum]]''
 ** ''[[Isognomon janus]]''
 ** ''[[Isognomon legumen]]''
-** ''[[Isognomon perna]]'' [[Linnaeus]] 1767)
+** ''[[Isognomon perna]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]] 1767)</small>
-** ''[[Isognomon radiatus]]'' (Anton, 1839)
+** ''[[Isognomon radiatus]]'' <small>(Anton, 1839)</small>
 ** ''[[Isognomon recognitus]]''
-** ''[[Isognomon vulselloides]]'' Macsotay & Campos, 2001
+** ''[[Isognomon vulselloides]]'' <small>Macsotay & Campos, 2001</small>
+==References==
 [[Category:Isognomonidae| ]]