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Isognomon
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(For the tree oyster mushroom, see Pleurotus ostreatus.)
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Live Isognomon sp. under a rock in Kona District, Hawaii | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Family: | Isognomonidae |
Genus: | Isognomon Lightfoot, 1786 |
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Ostrea perna Linnaeus, 1767 | |
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Isognomon is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks which is related to the pearl oysters.[1]
Isognomon is known in the fossil record from the Permian period to the Quaternary period (age range: 254.0 to 0.012 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.[2]