Hiatella

Hiatella
A single valve of Hiatella arctica (left), and an entire bivalve shell of a smaller individual with brownish periostracum,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Adapedonta
Family: Hiatellidae
Genus: Hiatella
(Bosc, 1801)
Species

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Synonyms
  • Agina Turton, 1822
  • Biapholius Lamarck, 1818
  • Byssomia Say, 1818
  • Byssomya Oken, 1817
  • Byssonia Blainville, 1817
  • Coramya Brown, 1844
  • Didonta Schumacher, 1817
  • Pholeobia Leach in Ross, 1819
  • Saxicava Bellevue, 1802
  • Spongyophylla Brusina, 1866

Hiatella is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Hiatellidae.

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