Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Gryphaeidae > Subfamily Pycnodonteinae

Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parahyotissa*	Harry, 1985	synonym

Children

Hyotissa mcgintyi (H. W. Harry, 1985)

Literature

original description	Stenzel, H.B. (1971). Oysters. In, Moore, R.C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part N, Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence. Vol. 3: i-iv, N953–N1224.
additional source	Guo, X.; Li, C.; Wang, H.; Xu, Z. (2018). Diversity and evolution of living oysters. Journal of Shellfish Research. 37(4): 755-771.
redescription	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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204006

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Environment

marine

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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