Hiatellidae

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Hiatellidae
One whole shell with periostracum and a single larger valve of Hiatella arctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unassigned Euheterodonta
Family: Hiatellidae
Gray, 1824
Genera and species

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Hiatellidae is a taxonomic family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.[1] This family is placed in the unassigned Euheterodonta. [2]

Genera

Genera within the family Hiatellidae include:

  • Cyrtodaria Reuss, 1801
  • Hiatella Bosc, 1801
  • Panomya Gray, 1857
  • Panopea Menard, 1807
  • Saxicavella P. Fischer, 1878

References

  1. Hiatellidae Gray, 1824.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 January 2012.
  2. Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184.
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