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

Neopycnodonte zibrowii Gofas, C. Salas & Taviani, 2009

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Neopycnodonte*	Stenzel, 1971	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: giant deep-sea oyster

Literature

original description	Wisshak M., López Correa M., Gofas S., Salas C., Taviani M., Jakobsen J. & Freiwald A. (2009). Shell architecture, element composition, and stable isotope signature of the giant deep-sea oyster Neopycnodonte zibrowii sp. n. from the NE Atlantic. Deep Sea Research I. 56(3): 374-404.
additional source	Garzia, M. & Salvi, D. (2024). Molecular characterization and phylogenetic position of the giant deep-sea oyster Neopycnodonte zibrowii Gofas, Salas & Taviani, 2009. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100(1): 111-118.
additional source	Gofas S., Rueda J.L., Salas C. & Victor Díaz-Del-Río V. 2010. A new record of the giant deep-sea oyster Neopycnodonte zibrowii in the Gulf of Cadiz (south-western Iberian Peninsula). Marine Biodiversity Records, 3: e72 (4 pp., online publication)

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Neopycnodonte zibrowii Gofas, C. Salas & Taviani, 2009. 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:379789