Hiatellidae is a
taxonomic family
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of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve molluscs
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This family is placed in the order
Adapedonta
Adapedonta is an order of bivalves belonging to the class Bivalvia.
Families:
* Edmondiidae
* Hiatellidae
* † Pachydomidae
* Pharidae
* Solenidae
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[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.]
Genera
Genera within the family Hiatellidae include:
* ''
Cyrtodaria''
Reuss, 1801
* ''
Hiatella
''Hiatella'' is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Hiatellidae.
Ecology
These bivalves are stationary suspension feeders. Some species bore into rock for shelter, others also live in rock but do not bore, ...
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Bosc, 1801
* ''
Panomya''
Gray, 1857
* ''
Panopea
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* Panope or Poenope,Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' Preface ( ...
''
Menard, 1807
* ''
Saxicavella''
P. Fischer, 1878
References
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Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Bivalve families