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Hyotissa hyotis
(giant coxcomb oyster, honeycomb oyster)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic to United States


Specimen ID164678
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusHyotissa
Specieshyotis
Common Namegiant coxcomb oyster, honeycomb oyster
StateFL
CountyMonroe
LocalityAtlantic Ocean [Straits of Florida], approx. 6 nautical miles S of Marathon, FL on the shipwreck Thunderbolt
HUC8 NameAtlantic - South
HUC8 Number25030000
Latitude24.6613
Longitude-80.9637
Lat-Long Sourcereported
Lat-Long Accuracyaccurate
Map
Day19
Month8 (August)
Year2003
Year Accuracy (Specimen)Actual
Primary Pathwayunknown
Statuscollected
Reference #1
Ref. Number14836
AuthorBieler, R., P. M. Mikkelsen, T. Lee, and D. O. Foighil.
date2004
titleDiscovery of the Indo-Pacific oyster Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Florida Keys (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae).
journalMolluscan Research
vol24
pages149-159
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordnation
Museum Catalog NoFMNH 302010
Fresh/Marine IntroductionMarine
Specimen Size180 mm





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