Ostrea permollis
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Ostrea permollis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Ostrea |
Species: | O. permollis
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Binomial name | |
Ostrea permollis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871
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Ostrea permollis,[1] the sponge oyster,[2] is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae.[1] It can be found along the Atlantic Coast of North America,[2] ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Ostrea permollis G. B. Sowerby II, 1871". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ a b Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2024). "Cryptostrea permollis" in SeaLifeBase. March 2024 version.
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 36.