Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative combinations: Lopha hyotis, Mytilus hyotis, Ostrea (Lopha) hyotis, Ostrea hyotis
Synonyms: Hyotissa fisheri Dall 1914, Ostrea fischeri Dall 1914, Ostrea fisheri Dall 1914
Belongs to Hyotissa according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Azzaroli 1958, Durham 1950, Freneix et al. 1988, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Ladd and Hoffmeister 1945, Moore 1987, Mukerjee 1939, Perrilliat 1994, Raith et al. 2016, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Skwarko 1994, Wilson 2002 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Hyotissa aguaclarensis, Hyotissa haitensis, Hyotissa imbricata, Hyotissa paraguanensis, Hyotissa polylopha, Hyotissa semiplana, Hyotissa tryoni, Hyotissa virleti, Parahyotissa (Parahyotissa), Parahyotissa (Numismoida)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (2 collections), Ecuador (1), Eritrea (1), Iran (1), Japan (2), Kenya (2), Mexico (3), Spain (2), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (2)
• Pliocene of Algeria (3), India (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Australia (1), Austria (8), Fiji (1), India (3), Indonesia (2), Morocco (2), Poland (2), Somalia (5), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Turkey (2)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
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