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Hiatella
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Myoida
Suborder:
Myina
Superfamily:
Hiatellacea
Family:
Hiatellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hiatella Bosc (ex DAUDIN, MS), 1801
Type Species:
H. monoperta (=Mya arctiea LINNE, 1767); SD WINCKWORTH, 1932
Images
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Fig. E161,1. *H. (H.) arctica (Linné), Rec., France, 1 a-d, LV ext., int., RV int., ext., X1 (89a)
Synonyms
Saxicava, Laxicava, Haicana, Clotho, Didonta, Byssonia, Bissomya, Bissomyia, Byssomia, Byssomya, Biapholius, Biapholus, Biopholeus, Pholeobia, Rhomboides, Coramya, Spongyophylla
Geographic Distribution
Asia-Eu.-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
33.9
Description
Small, trapezoidal, with thin periostracum; hinge teeth best developed in juvenile stages.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Myoida
Suborder:
Myina
Superfamily:
Hiatellacea
Family:
Hiatellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hiatella Bosc (ex DAUDIN, MS), 1801
Type Species:
H. monoperta (=Mya arctiea LINNE, 1767); SD WINCKWORTH, 1932
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E161,1. *H. (H.) arctica (Linné), Rec., France, 1 a-d, LV ext., int., RV int., ext., X1 (89a)
Synonyms
Saxicava, Laxicava, Haicana, Clotho, Didonta, Byssonia, Bissomya, Bissomyia, Byssomia, Byssomya, Biapholius, Biapholus, Biopholeus, Pholeobia, Rhomboides, Coramya, Spongyophylla
Geographic Distribution
Asia-Eu.-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
33.9
Description
Small, trapezoidal, with thin periostracum; hinge teeth best developed in juvenile stages.