Hiatellidae
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Hiatellidae is a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of bivalve molluscs in the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...

 Myoida
Myoida
Myoida is an order of bivalve molluscs. They are burrowing molluscs, with well-developed siphons. The shell is relatively soft, and lacks a nacreous layer...

. It contains five genera
Genera
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.

Genera

  • Cyrtodaria Reuss, 1801
  • Hiatella Bosc
    Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
    Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc was a French botanist, invertebrate zoologist, and entomologist.-Biography:...

    , 1801
    • Hiatella arctica
      Hiatella arctica
      Hiatella arctica is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Hiatellidae, found in the Arctic Ocean, and around all three main New Zealand islands and the Chatham Islands, plus Australia's Macquarie Island, from low water to depths of up to 180 m....

      (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Panomya Gray, 1857
  • Panopea Menard, 1807
  • Saxicavella P. Fischer, 1878
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