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IN reviewing the characters of the dominant species of oysters, Ostrea, of which something is known of the life-history as well as the shell-characters, two distinct types are recognisable.
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ORTON, J. The Dominant Species of Ostrea. Nature 121, 320–321 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121320b0
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