#cockscomb oyster

[animalids]

Cockscomb oyster (Lopha cristagalli)

Photo by Nick Hobgood

[astronomy-to-zoology]

Cockscomb Oyster (Lopha cristagallii)

...is a species of true oyster (Ostreidae) which is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific, where it occurs from East Africa (including the Red Sea and the  Persian Gulf) to Micronesia; north to Japan and south to Papua New Guinea. Cockscomb oysters typically occur in coral reefs in shallow subtidal waters at depths of 5 to 30 m. Like other bivalves cockscomb oysters are suspension feeders. 

Classification

Animalia-Mollusca-Bivalvia-Pterimorphia-Ostreoida-Ostreina-Ostreoidea-Ostreidae-Lopha-L. cristagalli

Image: Dr. Dwayne Meadows