Panopea abrupta
| Panopea abrupta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myoida |
| Family: | Hiatellidae |
| Genus: | Panopea |
| Species: | †P. abrupta |
| Binomial name | |
| †Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849) | |
Panopea abrupta is an extinct species of large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Hiatellidae. Between 1983 and 2010, this species of clam was confused with the Pacific Geoduck, Panopea generosa, in the scientific literature.[1]
References
- ↑ Vadopalas, B.; T.W. Pietsch; C.S. Friedman (2010). "The proper name for the geoduck: resurrection of Panopea generosa Gould, 1850, from the synonymy of Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849) (Bivalvia: Myoida: Hiatellidae)" (PDF). Malacologia 52 (1): 169–173. doi:10.4002/040.052.0111. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
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