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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Myoida

Familia: Hiatellidae
Genera: Cyrtodaria – Hiatella – Panomya – Panopea – Saxicavella
Name

Hiatellidae Gray, 1824
Synonyms

Panopeidae Bronn, 1862
Pholeobiidae Leach, 1852
Saxicavidae Swainson, 1835

References
Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1824. A supplement to the appendix of Captain Perry’s voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage in the years 1819–1820, containing an account of the subjects of natural history. Appendix X. Natural history, shells. CCXL–CCXLVI. BHL Reference page.

Hiatellidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs.[1] This family is placed in the order Adapedonta.[2]
Genera

Genera within the family Hiatellidae include:

Cyrtodaria Reuss, 1801
Hiatella Bosc, 1801
Panomya Gray, 1857
Panopea Menard, 1807
Saxicavella P. Fischer, 1878

References

Hiatellidae Gray, 1824. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 January 2012.

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

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