Dendostrea frons

Dendostrea frons
Dendostrea frons found in San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Ostreida
Family: Ostreidae
Genus: Dendostrea
Species:
D. frons
Binomial name
Dendostrea frons
Frond oyster on a brain coral, Westpunt, Curacao.

Dendostrea frons, the frond oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae.

  • Left valve
    Left valve
  • Right valve
    Right valve

Distribution

It can be found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.[1] In 2013 this oyster was found in Ireland in County Kerry. The only previous record from Ireland is from County Mayo.[2]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 35.
  2. ^ Quigley, D.T.G. and Hill, R. 2015. Frond Oyster (Dendrostrea frons (L.)) stranded at Waterville, Co. Kerry, Ir Nat J. 34: 128 - 129
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