Dendostrea frons
Species of bivalve
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Dendostrea frons found in San Salvador Island, Bahamas. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Ostreida |
Family: | Ostreidae |
Genus: | Dendostrea |
Species: | D. frons |
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Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Dendostrea frons, the frond oyster, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ostreidae.
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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 County Kerry. The only previous record from Ireland is from County Mayo.[2]
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