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Hyotissa

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Description

Hyotissa is a genus of large saltwater oysters, marine bivalve mollusks. Species in this genus are known as honeycomb oysters, or "foam oysters" because under magnification, their shell structure is foam-like.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyotissa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4373392	https://www.gbif.org/species/4373392
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16717	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16717

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Hyotissa

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Hyotissa

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida
suborder	Ostreidina
superfamily	Ostreoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Gryphaeidae	Vialov 1936
subfamily	Pycnodonteinae	Stenzel 1959
genus	Hyotissa	Stenzel 1971

Scientific Name

Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971

Name Published In

in Moore, R. C. (Ed.). Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Geol. Soc. Am., Univ. Kansas Press, Lawrence. Part N Mollusca (6) Bivalvia 3:

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hyotissa	genus	belongs to Pycnodonteinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Hyotissa	genus	belongs to Gryphaeidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Hyotissa	genus	belongs to Gryphaeidae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Hyotissa	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Hyotissa	genus	belongs to Hyotissini	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (31%)

First Recorded Appearance

93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Ostreida)

Motility

stationary, attached

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: EP, IM, CE, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Gryphaeidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyotissa

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Parahyotissa (Numismoida) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Parahyotissa (Parahyotissa) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Hyotissa aguaclarensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Hyotissa fisheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hyotissa haitensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		88	28.4 Ma Oligocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Hyotissa hyotis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Honeycomb Oyster	56	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Hyotissa imbricata species	listed (PBDB)	Imbricated Oyster	7	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Hyotissa inermis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hyotissa mcgintyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hyotissa numisma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hyotissa polylopha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Hyotissa quercina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hyotissa semipiana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		40	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	16.0 Ma Miocene
Hyotissa sinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hyotissa tryoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Hyotissa virleti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		20	37.2 Ma Eocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Ostrea gatunensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea haitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea paraguanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Ostrea semiplana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea tryoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea virleti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Parahyotissa Harry, 1985	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : *Parahyotissa*
Numismoida Harry, 1985	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : *Numismoida*
Pliohyotissa Harry, 1985	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : *Pliohyotissa*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1971	Hyotissa Stenzel
1980	Hyotissa Vokes p. 231
1982	Hyotissa Woodring p. 607
1985	Parahyotissa Harry
1987	Hyotissa Moore pp. 18, 22
1988	Hyotissa Freneix et al. p. 3
1992	Hyotissa Ward p. 76

Year	Name and Author
1994	Hyotissa Perrilliat p. 235
1998	Hyotissa Lamprell and Healy p. 130
1998	Parahyotissa Lamprell and Healy p. 130
2001	Hyotissa Todd
2002	Hyotissa Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Hyotissa Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Moore E. J. (1987) Tertiary Marine Pelycypods of California and Baja California: Plicatulidae to Ostreidae, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1228 C, 1-53

Freneix S., Saint Martin J.-P., et al (1988) Huîtres du Messinien d'Oranie (Algérie occidentale) et Paléobiologie de l'ensemble de la faune de Bivalves, Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., Paris 10 1, 1-21

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Perrilliat M. C. (1994) Bivalvos de la Formación Tuxpan (Mioceno Medio), Estado de Veracruz, México, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 11 2, 232-242

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Moore, R. C. (Ed.). Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Geol. Soc. Am., Univ. Kansas Press, Lawrence. Part N Mollusca (6) Bivalvia 3: - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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