Hyotissa
{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Hyotissa hyotis - Kyoto University Museum - DSC06407.JPG
| image_caption = Three shells of Hyotissa hyotis
| taxon = Hyotissa
| authority = Stenzel, 1971
|synonyms=
- Parahyotissa Harry, 1985
- Parahyotissa (Numismoida) Harry, 1985
- Parahyotissa (Parahyotissa) Harry, 1985
- Parahyotissa (Pliohyotissa) Harry, 1985
|type_species= Mytilus hyotis Linnaeus, 1758
}}
Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204006 on 2021-03-13
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)
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Hyotissa chemnitzii (Hanley, 1846): synonym of Dendostrea rosacea (Deshayes, 1836)
- Hyotissa quercina (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871): synonym of Hyotissa quercinus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1871) (incorrect spelling of specific epithet (quercinus is a noun in apposition))
- Hyotissa thomasi (McLean, 1941): synonym of Hyotissa mcgintyi (Harry, 1985)
References
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{{Reflist}}
- Stenzel H.B. (1971). Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, pt. N, vol. 3, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence. 3(6): 953–1224
- Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060903071929/http://www.ummz.umich.edu/mollusks/people/diarmaid/beilerMollRes.pdf 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}}
- {{WRMS|204006|Hyotissa|Stenzel, 1971|}}
- {{NCBI taxid|102320|Hyotissa }}
- [http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=7129508 Universal Biological Indexer]
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