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Hyotissa hyotis (Honeycomb Oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Mytilus hyotis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ostrea hyotis by Mukerjee (1939), Azzaroli (1958); it was recombined as Ostrea (Lopha) hyotis by Ladd and Hoffmeister (1945); it was recombined as Lopha hyotis by Skwarko (1994); it was recombined as Hyotissa hyotis by Moore (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Perrilliat (1994), Wilson (2002), Raith et al. (2016), Hendy (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mytilus hyotis Linnaeus
1914Ostrea fisheri Dall
1939Ostrea hyotis Mukerjee p. 33
1945Ostrea (Lopha) hyotis Ladd and Hoffmeister
1950Ostrea fischeri Durham p. 59
1958Ostrea hyotis Azzaroli p. 106
1982Hyotissa fisheri Woodring p. 609
1987Hyotissa hyotis Moore pp. C22 - C23 figs. Plate 16, figures 1, 2
1988Hyotissa hyotis Freneix et al. p. 3
1994Hyotissa hyotis Perrilliat p. 235
1994Lopha hyotis Skwarko p. g7
2002Hyotissa hyotis Wilson p. 46
2016Hyotissa hyotis Raith et al.
2020Hyotissa hyotis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusHyotissaStenzel 1971
specieshyotis(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 [Honeycomb Oyster]
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Invalid names: Hyotissa fisheri Dall 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 17:10:10
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:10:10
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Steuber 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Hyotissa hyotis (78565)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Türkiye Hyotissa hyotis (111672)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Türkiye (Denizli) Hyotissa hyotis (85566)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Somalia Ostrea hyotis (78835 78900 78901 78905 78953)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Ostrea hyotis (72033 76573)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (South Australia) Ostrea hyotis (72222)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India Hyotissa hyotis (76317)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria Hyotissa hyotis (146507 146508 146509 146510 146512 146516 146517 146524)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji Ostrea hyotis (68178)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Hyotissa hyotis (51688 51690)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Ostrea hyotis (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Lopha hyotis (70083) Ostrea hyotis (70098)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Morocco Hyotissa hyotis (173160)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Hyotissa hyotis (70889)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Hyotissa hyotis (69864 70785 70863 70884)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California Sur) Ostrea fischeri (44040)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Algeria Hyotissa hyotis (168391 168392)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Ostrea hyotis (77658)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Ostrea hyotis (72096 72098)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Ryukyu) Ostrea hyotis (41600)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Algeria (Relizane) Hyotissa hyotis (168387)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain Hyotissa hyotis (128383)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Ostrea hyotis (101414)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Ostrea hyotis (101415)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Tanzania Ostrea hyotis (101546)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.0117Iran Hyotissa hyotis (164152)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Ostrea fisheri (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Hyotissa hyotis (128385)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Hyotissa hyotis (81094 81096)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Ostrea hyotis (96787 96790)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Ostrea fischeri (147802 147803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Ostrea fischeri (89597)