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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Adapedonta
Superfamily: Hiatelloidea
J.E. Gray, 1824
Family: Hiatellidae
Gray, 1824
Genera

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Synonyms

Glycimeridae

Genera edit

Genera within the family Hiatellidae include:

References edit

  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