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Lopha is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family of Ostreidae.

Description
Lopha species have thick, strongly ribbed shells with unequal valves. The margins of the valves have a characteristic zig-zag pattern. The lower valve shows finger-like outgrowths, by which the molluscs adhere to the substrate. These molluscs are stationary, epifaunal, suspension feeders, as they feed by filtering sea water to extract the nutrients. ==Species==
Species
Lopha affinis Sowerby, 1871 • Lopha capsa Fischer von Waldheim, 1808 • Lopha chemnitzii Hanley, 1846 • Lopha cristagalli C. Linnaeus, 1758 • Lopha frons C. Linnaeus, 1758 • Lopha imbricata J. B. Lamarck, 1819 • Lopha rosacea G. P. Deshayes, 1836 ==Fossil species==
Fossil species
Lopha gregarea, Oxfordian (stage) (160 mya) • Lopha marshii (Sowerby, 1914), Bajocian (170 mya) ==Gallery==
Gallery
File:Lopha cristagalli.jpg|Lopha cristagalli File:Lopha colubrina.JPG|Lopha colubrina in Naturalis, Leiden ==References==
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