Dendostrea frons

Dendostrea frons
	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
Binomial name
	Dendostrea frons; (Linnaeus, 1758)

Frond oyster on a brain coral, Westpunt, Curacao.

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

Left valve
Right valve

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]

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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[1] 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.

[2] 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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