This very flat oyster typically occurs cemented to the trunks of mangrove trees.
Phylogeny:
Class Bivalvia
Family Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815
Striostrea mytiloides (Lamarck, 1819)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith