Gryphaeidae

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Gryphaeidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreoida
Family: Gryphaeidae
Vyalov, 1936

Genera

See text.

Gryphaeidie is a family of Bivalves, related to Oysters and Scallops.

[edit] Taxonomy

  • Exogyra
  • Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801 (also known as Devil's toenails)
  • Hyotissa
    • Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Hyotissa mcgintyi (Harry, 1985)
  • Neopycnodonte Stenzel, 1971
    • Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)
    • Neopycnodonte navicularis (Brocchi, 1814)
    • Neopycnodonte queteleti (Nyst, 1853)
  • Parahyotissa Harry, 1985
  • Pycnodonte G. Fischer, 1835
    • Pycnodonte callifera (Lamarck, 1819)
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