Sponge oyster
Sponge oyster | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreoida |
Suborder: | Ostreina |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Cryptostrea |
Species: | C. permollis |
Binomial name | |
Cryptostrea permollis (Sowerby, 1891) | |
The sponge oyster, Cryptostrea permollis, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae. It can be found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[1]
References
- ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 36.