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Frond Oyster

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Dendostrea frons

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Ostreida

Family:

Ostreidae

Ostreidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 228521, ANSP 193353

Shell Information

Length (mm): 50-50

N/A

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

North Carolina to Brazil

0 to 104 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Marine

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase.�Dendostrea frons�(Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420779 on 2021-12-17

Mikkelsen, P. M., & Bieler, R. (28). Seashells of southern Florida: Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and Adjacent REGIONS, bivalves. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/

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