Hiatellidae
| Hiatellidae | |
|---|---|
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| 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
- ↑ Hiatellidae Gray, 1824. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 January 2012.
- ↑ 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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