Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Honeycomb Oyster
Hyotissa hyotis
Honeycomb Oyster
Category: Honeycomb Oysters
Scientific Name: Hyotissa hyotis
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Bivalvia (Class) Bivalves
 └Ostreida (Order) Oysters and Allies
  └Ostreoidea (Superfamily)
   └Gryphaeidae (Family) Honeycomb Oysters
    └Hyotissa (Genus)
     └H. hyotis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 216636🔗
iNaturalist ID: 196211🔗

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