Hiatellidae

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

Hiatellidae
One whole shell with periostracum and a single larger valve of Hiatella arctica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Adapedonta
Superfamily: Hiatelloidea
J.E. Gray, 1824
Family: Hiatellidae
Gray, 1824
Genera

See text.

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.
  • "Hiatellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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