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Hyotissa mcgintyi

{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}

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| taxon = Hyotissa mcgintyi

| authority = (Harry, 1985)

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| Parahyotissa mcgintyi | H. W. Harry, 1985

| Mytilus roseus | Gmelin, 1791 – unaccepted

| Ostrea thomasi | R. A. McLean, 1941 – homonym }}

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Hyotissa mcgintyi, also known as Parahyotissa mcgintyi, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Gryphaeidae. This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean, primarily in the Caribbean, but has been recorded as far north as North Carolina.

Description

Hyotissa mcgintyi can grow to about {{cvt|10|cm}} in shell diameter. It has a prominent irregular or saw-toothed shell margin. The shell is externally creamy white with a deep rosy tinge near the margin. The interior is uniformly light off-white color with some darker brown streaks on the interior ridges of the zigzag margin.

References

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{{cite journal |last1=Bieler |first1=Rüdiger |last2=Mikkelsen |first2=Paula M. |last3=Lee |first3=Taehwan |last4=Ó Foighil |first4=Diarmaid |title=Discovery of the Indo-Pacific oyster Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Florida Keys (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae) |journal=Molluscan Research |date=2004 |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=149-159 |doi=10.1071/MR04013}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903071929/http://www.ummz.umich.edu/mollusks/people/diarmaid/beilerMollRes.pdf }}

{{cite journal |last1=Wolfe |first1=Douglas A. |last2=Fogleman |first2=Anne E. |last3=Bogan |first3=Arthur E. |title=Hyotissa mcgintyi found in North Carolina [Mollusca, Bivalvia, Gryphaeidae] |journal=Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science |date=2013 |volume=129 |issue=1 |pages=34–36 |doi=10.7572/2167-5880-129.1.34}}

{{cite journal |last1=Wolfe |first1=Douglas A. |last2=Bogan |first2=Arthur E. |title=Additional specimens of Hyotissa mcgintyi (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae) from North Carolina |journal=Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science |date=2013 |volume=129 |issue=2 |page=70 |doi=10.7572/2167-5880-129.2.70}}

{{cite WoRMS |title=Hyotissa mcgintyi (H. W. Harry, 1985) |year=2025 |id=420782 |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=21 January 2025}}

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Further reading

  • 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}}

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Category:Gryphaeidae

Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean

Category:Bivalves of North America

Category:Molluscs described in 1985

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