Hyotissa semiplana

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Hyotissa semiplana
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Fossil shells of Hyotissa semiplana from Maastrichtian age, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Gryphaeidae
Genus: Hyotissa
Species:
H. semiplana
Binomial name
Hyotissa semiplana
(de Sowerby, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Pycnodonte semiplana

Hyotissa semiplana is an extinct species of large saltwater oysters, a fossil marine bivalve mollusk in the family Gryphaeidae, the foam oysters[1]

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