Biology:Hinnites

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Short description: Genus of bivalves

Hinnites
Temporal range: Triassic - Recent
Pectinidae - Hinnites crispus-00.JPG
Fossil valve of Hinnites crispus from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: Pectinidae
Genus: Hinnites
DeFrance, 1821

Hinnites is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.[1]

These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the Triassic to the Quaternary (from 235.0 to 0.126 Ma). Fossils have been found in the sediments of Algeria, Angola, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United States, Australia and of various European countries.[2]

Description

This genus include scallops with thick shells resembling that of an oyster.[3]

Hinnites is unusual in that, like the extant taxon Crassadoma gigantea, it was free-swimming as a juvenile, but subsequently cemented itself to a hard substrate.

Species

Species within the genus Hinnites include:[2]

  • Hinnites corallinus G. B. Sowerby I, 1827
  • Hinnites crispus(Brocchi, 1814)
  • Hinnites denticostatusKlipstein 1843
  • Hinnites distortus (da Costa, 1778) [4]
  • Hinnites ercolanianusCocconi 1873
  • Hinnites granulosusKlipstein 1843
  • Hinnites obliquusMünster 1841
Species brought into synonymy
  • Hinnites cortesyi Defrance 1821: synonym of Hinnites crispus (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Hinnites giganteus (Gray, 1825) (synonym of Crassadoma gigantea)[5]
  • Hinnites multirugosus (Gale, 1928):[6] synonym of Crassadoma gigantea (J.E. Gray, 1825)

References

  • Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN:0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q18589533 entry