The Gryphaeidae, common name the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters, are a family of marine bivalve mollusks. This family of bivalves is very well represented...
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Gryphaea (category Gryphaeidae)
is a genus of extinct oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae. These fossils range from the Triassic period to the middle Paleogene...
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recognised within it. The two families are Ostreidae, the true oysters, and Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters. In 2010, a new proposed classification system for...
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Exogyra (category Gryphaeidae)
Exogyra is an extinct genus of fossil marine oysters in the family Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters. These bivalves were cemented by...
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exist within the family Ostreidae but not within the more-primitive Gryphaeidae. The scar from the adductor muscle is simple, with a single, central...
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Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. The Veliger. 28(2): 121-158. Salvi D. & Mariottini P....
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Pycnodonte (category Gryphaeidae)
genus of extinct oysters, fossil marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters. Shells of species in this genus...
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Gryphaea dilatata (category Gryphaeidae)
of Jurassic oyster, an extinct marine bivalve mollusc in the family Gryphaeidae. This fossil oyster is frequently found in abundance in the localities...
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Gryphaea arcuata (category Gryphaeidae)
is an extinct species of foam oyster, a bivalve mollusc in the family Gryphaeidae from the Early Jurassic of Europe. It is commonly referred to in English...
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Hyotissa (category Gryphaeidae)
genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae. Species in this genus are known as honeycomb oysters, or "foam oysters"...
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Liostrea (category Gryphaeidae)
is a genus of extinct oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae. These fossils range from the early Triassic Period to the Cenomanian...
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Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Ostreida Suborder: Ostreina Superfamilies Dimyoidea Dimyidae Ostreoidea Gryphaeidae Ostreidae Plicatuloidea Plicatulidae...
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Philobryidae (True oysters and their allies) Superfamily: Ostreoidea Family: Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters Family: Ostreidae, the true oysters...
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Aetostreon (category Gryphaeidae)
subgenus within the genus Exogyra of fossil marine oysters in the family Gryphaeidae. †Aetostreon latissimum (Lamarck, 1801) †Aetostreon pilmatuegrossum Rubilar...
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Hyotissa semiplana (category Gryphaeidae)
large saltwater oysters, a fossil marine bivalve mollusk in the family Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters Fossil shells of Hyotissa semiplana can reach a diameter...
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Synopsis of the supraspecific classification of living oysters (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. The Veliger. 28(2): 121-158 Orton J.H. (1928). The dominant...
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Texigryphaea (category Gryphaeidae)
an extinct genus of oyster belonging to the order Ostreida and family Gryphaeidae. It dates to the Albian to Cenomanian Ages of the Cretaceous period and...
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Giant honeycomb oyster (category Gryphaeidae)
Indo-Pacific oyster Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Florida Keys (Bivalvia : Gryphaeidae) », Molluscan Research, vol. 24, 2004, p. 149–159 v t e...
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Pinnidae - Pen shells Pinna muricata (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) Gryphaeidae Hyotissa numisma(Transkei to Mozambique) Ostreidae - True oysters Natal...
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Columbine to Eastern Cape) Pinna muricata (Port Elizabeth to Mozambique) Gryphaeidae Hyotissa numisma (Transkei to Mozambique) Ostreidae – True oysters Weed...
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Hyotissa mcgintyi (category Gryphaeidae)
medium-sized saltwater "oyster", a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Gryphaeidae. This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean. Species in this genus...
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"SYNOPSIS OF THE SUPRASPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING OYSTERS (BIVALVIA, GRYPHAEIDAE AND OSTREIDAE)". Veliger. 28: 12121–158. ISSN 0042-3211. Hayami, Itaru...
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from the alivincular-areate system. Only a few modern families, such as Gryphaeidae, still retain the alivincular-areate ligament system. Several of the...
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Neopycnodonte (category Gryphaeidae)
Neopycnodonte is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Gryphaeidae. This genus is very well represented in the fossil record, however the...
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strangei Lima lima vulgaris Limatula siligo Plicatulidae Plicatula plicata Gryphaeidae Hyotissa hyotis Hyotissa sp. Ostreidae Alectryonella crenulifera Lopho...
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arcuata Shells “Salnova” quarry An Oyster, type member of the family Gryphaeidae inside Ostreida. Related with specimens of the Blue Lias Formation. Lima...
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Valid Morales-Ortega et al. Eocene Bateque Formation Mexico A member of Gryphaeidae. Guanacastea Gen. et sp. nov Valid Pons, Vicens & Schmidt-Effing Late...
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Cretaceous (Berriasian) Crimean Peninsula A bivalve belonging to the family Gryphaeidae and the subfamily Pycnodonteinae. The type species is "Gryphaea" weberae...
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Cretaceous Neuquén Basin Argentina A bivalve belonging to the family Gryphaeidae. Neoquadratotrigonia Gen. et comb. nov Valid Cooper Cretaceous Belgium...
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Superfamily Ostreoidea Family †Arctostreidae Family †Chondrodontidae Family Gryphaeidae Family Ostreidae Superfamily incertae sedis Family †Euchondriidae Family...
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