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>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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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
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