Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific 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)
└Bivalvia (Class)
 └Ostreida (Order)
  └Ostreoidea (Superfamily)
   └Ostreidae (Family)
    └Lopha (Genus)
     └L. cristagalli (Species)

Bivalves & Chitons
True Oysters

Cockscomb Oyster



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