hyote spines

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hyote spines: (Mollusca: Bivalvia) Variably shaped (founded, earshaped), hollow, tubular spines open at their tips and on their flanks, arising from the thin edges of the shell margin of oysters; typical of Hyotissa Hyotis (Linne, 1758).