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Hyotissa polylopha

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Hyotissa polylopha was named by Woodring (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 647280, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. offemanae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Hyotissa polylopha Woodring p. 607 figs. pl. 100, figs. 12, 13

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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
speciespolylopha

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 polylopha Woodring 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available