Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Synonym: Saxicava de Bellevue 1802
Parent taxon: Hiatellidae according to S. Freneix et al. 1988
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Glenn 1904, Gordillo 1991, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Cyrtodaria, Glycimeris, Hiatellinae, Panomya, Panopea, Panopeinae, Pseudosaxicava, Turneria, Pholeobia
Subtaxa: Clotho Hiatella (Hiatella) Hiatella arctica Hiatella arenicola Hiatella australis Hiatella curta Hiatella fabacea Hiatella rotundata Hiatella sinemuriensis Hiatella solida Hiatella tenella Hiatella tenuis Hiatella tumulensis Saxicava albertensis Saxicava fragilis
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (7 collections), Australia (1), Belgium (2), Canada (80: British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), Greenland (73), Iceland (4), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), Mexico (5), Norway (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (19), United States (58: Alaska, California, Florida, Maine, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (8), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (5), South Africa (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (11: Alaska, California, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (3), Austria (3), Belgium (9), Bulgaria (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (15), Iran (1), Italy (3), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (2), Panama (1), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (5), United States (31: Alaska, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Antarctica (1)
• Oligocene of Denmark (5), France (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: Alaska)
• Eocene of Antarctica (11)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), India (3), United States (1: South Dakota)
• Jurassic of China (1), France (3), Hong Kong (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 414 collections including 428 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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