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Family: Hiatellidae



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26 species
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Cyrtodaria kurriana
[Kurr propellerclam]
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Max. Length 11 cm SHL

 
Cyrtodaria siliqua
[Northern propellerclam]
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Max. Length 4.6 cm DL

 
Hiatella antarctica
[]

Photo by Fenwick, David

Circumglobal. Temperate
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Hiatella arctica
[Arctic hiatella]

Photo by Grist, John and Maria

Eastern Indian Ocean

Hiatella australis (Lamarck, 1818)

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Hiatella australis
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm DL

 
Hiatella azaria
[Dirt hiatella]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL

 
Hiatella meridionalis
[]
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Hiatella rugosa
[]
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Max. Length 7 cm SHL

 
Panomya ampla
[Ample roughmya]
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Panomya beringiana
[]
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Max. Length 11 cm SHL

 
Panomya norvegica
[Arctic roughmya]
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Panomya priapus
[Bering roughmya]
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Max. Length 11 cm SHL

 
Panopea abbreviata
[Southern geoduck]
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Panopea abrupta
[Pacific geoduck clam]
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Panopea aldrovandi
[]
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Max. Length 19 cm DL

 
Panopea bitruncata
[Atlantic geoduck]
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Max. Length 17.5 cm SHL

 
Panopea generosa
[Pacific geoduck]
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Max. Length 19.8 cm SHL

 
Panopea globosa
[Mexican geoduck]
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Panopea glycimeris
[Aldrovandi's panope]
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Max. Length 16 cm SHL

 
Panopea japonica
[]
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Panopea smithae
[]
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Panopea zelandica
[New Zealand geoduck clam]
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Saxicavella jeffreysi
[]
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Saxicavella nybakkeni
[Truncate saxicave]
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Saxicavella pacifica
[Elongate saxicave]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL

 
Saxicavella sagrinata
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cyrtodaria kurriana Kurr propellerclam Arctic, Northern Pacific, 1861
Cyrtodaria siliqua Northern propellerclam Arctic and Northern Atlan 11 SHL 1793
Hiatella antarctica Western Atlantic and East 4.6 DL 1845
Hiatella arctica Arctic hiatella Circumglobal. Temperate 5 SHL 1767
Hiatella australis Eastern Indian Ocean 1818
Hiatella azaria Dirt hiatella North America. 2.5 DL 1881
Hiatella meridionalis Western Atlantic. 0.4 DL 1846
Hiatella rugosa Mediterranean Sea 1767
Panomya ampla Ample roughmya Eastern Pacific and Arcti 7 SHL 1898
Panomya beringiana Eastern Pacific and Arcti 1916
Panomya norvegica Arctic roughmya Arctic, Northern Pacific, 11 SHL 1793
Panomya priapus Bering roughmya East Pacific. 1822
Panopea abbreviata Southern geoduck Endemic to Southwest Atla 11 SHL 1839
Panopea abrupta Pacific geoduck clam Pacific Ocean 1849
Panopea aldrovandi Eastern Central Atlantic 1807
Panopea bitruncata Atlantic geoduck North America. 19 DL 1872
Panopea generosa Pacific geoduck Eastern Pacific 17.5 SHL 1850
Panopea globosa Mexican geoduck Eastern Central Atlantic 19.8 SHL 1898
Panopea glycimeris Aldrovandi's panope Mediterranean Sea. 1778
Panopea japonica Northwest Pacific 16 SHL 1850
Panopea smithae Southwest Pacific 1950
Panopea zelandica New Zealand geoduck clam Southwest Pacific 1835
Saxicavella jeffreysi Northeast Atlantic and th 1930
Saxicavella nybakkeni Truncate saxicave East Pacific. 1994
Saxicavella pacifica Elongate saxicave East Pacific. 1916
Saxicavella sagrinata Western Atlantic. 0.6 DL 1901



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