Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Cockscomb Oyster
Lopha cristagalli
Cockscomb Oyster
Category: True Oysters
Scientific Name: Lopha cristagalli
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 15-130 ft. (5-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Bivalvia (Class) Bivalves
 └Ostreida (Order) Oysters and Allies
  └Ostreoidea (Superfamily)
   └Ostreidae (Family) True Oysters
    └Lopha (Genus)
     └L. cristagalli (Species)
WoRMS ID: 216638🔗
iNaturalist ID: 474695🔗

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