>I always learn something when I work on this old
>collection.  I have run across a bivalve that reminds me
>of Lopha cristagalli, but it is dark brown/black with more
>projections than the usual cristagalli.  It is labelled
>"Ostrea cyndala," no author.  I cannot find a reference to
>such a species in my books or on the internet.
>Any ideas what this might be?  It is supposedly from the
>Philippines.

Linda, that sounds like Hyotissa hyotis, a Gryphaeid. It has more
ribs than L. cristagalli, and unlike that species, these bear large
spinelike scales.
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