Hyotissa
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Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks. Species in this genus are known as honeycomb oysters, or "foam oysters" because under magnification, their shell structure is foam-like.
Species
- Hyotissa haitensis (Sowerby, 1850)
- Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Giant honeycomb oyster
- Hyotissa inermis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
- Hyotissa mcgintyi (Harry, 1985)
- Hyotissa numisma (Lamarck, 1819)
- Hyotissa quercina (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871)
- Hyotissa sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Hyotissa semiplana (de Sowerby 1825)
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References
- The original paper about the discovery of Hyotissa hyotis in the Florida Keys
- 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
- World Register of Marine Species link: Hyotissa (+species list)
Databases 
people - Universal Biological Indexer
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