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Ostraea hyotis

Coxcomb Foam Oyster

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Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1926

First collected

1957

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1950s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1926 by Jens Mathias Ostergaard; Jens Mathias Ostergaard (Tonga; Vavau Group; Vavau; about 3 miles north of Vavau).

From the collection

Ostraea hyotis, 202789Ostraea hyotis, 203577