Hyotissa semiplana

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

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
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

Description

Fossil shells of Hyotissa semiplana can reach a diameter of about 60 millimetres (2.4 in).[2] They have thick-walled valves, with rough, nodose surface.[3][4]

Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in the Campanian-Maestrichtian of Poland, in the Santonian-Maestrichtian of Europe and North Africa and in the Campanian of South India.[3][5]

References

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