Giant honeycomb oyster
Appearance
Giant honeycomb oyster | |
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Hyotissa hyotis in Maldives | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Gryphaeidae |
Genus: | Hyotissa |
Species: | H. hyotis
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Binomial name | |
Hyotissa hyotis |
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The giant honeycomb oyster (Hyotissa hyotis) is a very large saltwater oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk.
Species in this family are known as honeycomb oysters or "foam oysters" because under magnification, their shell structure is foam-like.
Like most bivalves, the giant honeycomb oyster is a filter feeder.
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shallow in Mayotte
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Deeper
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Recently dead specimen
Habitat and range
Its native range is in deeper water in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. It has however also been found recently as an accidentally introduced species in the Florida Keys.[1]
Bibliography
- Paula M. Mikkelsen and Rudiger Bieler, 2008, Seashells of Southern Florida: Living Marine mollusks of the Florida Keys and adjacent regions, Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, ISBN 0-691-11606-7