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Hiatella

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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiatella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9526206	https://www.gbif.org/species/9526206
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18462	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18462

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lyonsiidae : Hiatella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Hiatella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Solenata	Dall 1889
order	Hiatellida	Carter 2011
superfamily	Hiatelloidea
family	Hiatellidae	Gray 1824
genus	Hiatella	Daudin 1801

Scientific Name

Hiatella

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hiatella	genus	belongs to Hiatellidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Hiatella	genus	belongs to Hiatellidae	stated without evidence	Gordillo, 1991
Hiatella	genus	belongs to Hiatellidae	implied	Lamprell and Healy, 1998
Hiatella	genus	belongs to Hiatellidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Hiatella	genus	belongs to Myoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Hiatella	genus	belongs to Hiatellidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (36%)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 235 Ma
Triassic

Motility

stationary

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: WN/WB, SE, UN/BA, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiatella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hiatella (Hiatella) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		326	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Hiatella antarctica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hiatella arenicola ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Hiatella arctica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	21.7 Ma Miocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Hiatella curta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Hiatella fabacea ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Hiatella meridionalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hiatella rotundata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Hiatella sinemuriensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Hiatella solida species	listed (PBDB)		4	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Hiatella tenuis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	48.6 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Hiatella tumulensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Saxicava albertensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Saxicava fragilis species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1801	Hiatella Daudin
1802	Saxicava de Bellevue p. 354
1904	Saxicava Glenn p. 278
1980	Hiatella Vokes p. 186
1988	Hiatella Freneix et al. p. 441
1991	Hiatella Gordillo p. 129

Year	Name and Author
1998	Hiatella Lamprell and Healy p. 198
1999	Hiatella Wienrich p. 256
2002	Hiatella Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Hiatella Bouchet et al.
2010	Saxicava Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Freneix S., Saint Martin J.-P., et al (1988) Bivalves Hétérodontes du Messinien d'Oranie (Algérie occidentale), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section C: Sciences de la Terre 9 4, 415-453

Gordillo S. (1991) Paleoecologia de moluscos marinos del Holoceno medio de Isla Gable, Canal Beagle, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Ameghiniana 28 1-2, 127-133

Lamprell K., Healy J. (1998) , Bivalves of Australia 2

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ill. Conch. G. B. & I., descr. to pl. xvi - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. - via World Register of Marine Species

Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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