Frond oyster

Frond oyster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Ostreoida
Suborder:	Ostreina
Family:	Ostreidae
Genus:	Dendostrea
Species:	D. frons
Binomial name
*Dendostrea frons* (Linnaeus, 1758)

The 'frond oyster, Dendostrea frons, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae.

Distribution

It can be found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.^[1]In 2013 this oyster was found in Ireland in Co. Kerry. The only previous record from Ireland is from Co Mayo.^[2]

References

↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 35.
↑ Quigley, D.T.G. and Hill, R. 2015. Frond Oyster (Dendrostrea frons (L.)) stranded at Waterville, Co. Kerry, Ir Nat J. 34: 128 - 129

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Category

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