Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Gryphaeidae > Subfamily Pycnodonteinae > Genus Hyotissa

Hyotissa mcgintyi (H. W. Harry, 1985)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hyotissa*	Stenzel, 1971	accepted genus name
*Parahyotissa*	Harry, 1985	synonym

Species group names

*Parahyotissa mcgintyi*	H. W. Harry, 1985	synonym
*Ostrea cristata*	Born, 1778 sensu Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901	misapplied name

Literature

additional source	Guo, X.; Li, C.; Wang, H.; Xu, Z. (2018). Diversity and evolution of living oysters. Journal of Shellfish Research. 37(4): 755-771.
additional source	Kirkendale L., Lee T., Baker P. & O'Foighil D. 2004. Oysters of the Conch Republic (Florida Keys): A molecular phylogenetic study of Parahyotissa mcgintyi, Teskeyostrea weberi and Ostreola equestris. Malacologia, 46(2): 309-326.
additional source	Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hyotissa mcgintyi (H. W. Harry, 1985). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420782