- The
Gryphaeidae,
common name the foam
oysters or
honeycomb oysters, are a
family of
marine bivalve mollusks. This
family of
bivalves is very well represented...
- is a
genus of
extinct oysters,
marine bivalve mollusks in the
family Gryphaeidae.
These fossils range from the Tri****ic
period to the
middle Paleogene...
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recognised within it. The two
families are Ostreidae, the true oysters, and
Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters. In 2010, a new
proposed classification system for...
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Exogyra is an
extinct genus of
fossil marine oysters in the
family Gryphaeidae, the foam
oysters or
honeycomb oysters.
These bivalves were
cemented by...
- is an
extinct species of foam oyster, a
bivalve mollusc in the
family Gryphaeidae from the
Early Jur****ic of Europe. It is
commonly referred to in English...
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exist within the
family Ostreidae but not
within the more-primitive
Gryphaeidae. The scar from the
adductor muscle is simple, with a single, central...
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Mollusca class:
Bivalvia Order:
Ostreida Suborder:
Ostreina Superfamilies Dimyoidea Dimyidae Ostreoidea Gryphaeidae Ostreidae Plicatuloidea Plicatulidae...
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subgenus within the
genus Exogyra of
fossil marine oysters in the
family Gryphaeidae. †Aetostreon
latissimum (Lamarck, 1801) †Aetostreon
pilmatuegrossum Rubilar...
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Synopsis of the
supraspecific classification of
living oysters (Bivalvia:
Gryphaeidae and Ostreidae. The Veliger. 28(2): 121-158.
Salvi D. &
Mariottini P....
- of Jur****ic oyster, an
extinct marine bivalve mollusc in the
family Gryphaeidae. This
fossil oyster is
frequently found in
abundance in the localities...
