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{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
{{Distinguish|Hyatella (disambiguation){{!}}Hyatella}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Hiatella arctica2.jpg
| image_caption = A single [[Valve (mollusc)|valve]] of ''[[Hiatella arctica]]'' (left), and an entire [[bivalve shell]] of a smaller individual with brownish [[periostracum]],
| taxon = Hiatella
| authority = ([[Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc|Bosc]], 1801)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms =
* ''Agina'' <small>Turton, 1822</small>
* ''Biapholius'' <small>[[Lamarck]], 1818</small>
* ''Byssomia'' <small>Say, 1818</small>
* ''Byssomya'' <small>Oken, 1817</small>
* ''Byssonia'' <small>Blainville, 1817</small>
* ''Coramya'' <small>Brown, 1844</small>
* ''Didonta'' <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>
* ''Pholeobia'' <small>Leach in Ross, 1819</small>
* ''Saxicava'' <small>Bellevue, 1802</small>
* ''Spongyophylla'' <small>Brusina, 1866</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS">{{cite worms
| id = 138068
| title = Hiatella Bosc, 1801
| year = 2015
| author = Bouchet, Philippe
| author2 = Gofas, Serge
}}</ref>
}}
'''''Hiatella''''' is a [[genus]] of small saltwater clams, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[bivalve]] [[molluscs]] in the family [[Hiatellidae]].
==Ecology==
These bivalves are stationary [[suspension feeder]]s. Some species bore into rock for shelter, others also live in rock but do not bore, instead they nestle in holes created by other organisms, or in other crevices. They may also live nestled within the holdfasts of [[kelp]]s, within other organisms such as sponges, or partly buried in a sandy sediment.<ref name=ZS/>
==Species==
The number of species in the genus is unclear, and their unequivocal identification can be difficult. The following species are listed in [[MolluscaBase]]/[[WoRMS]] (2015):<ref name=WoRMS/>
* ''[[Hiatella antarctica]]'' <small>(Philippi, 1845)</small>
* ''[[Hiatella arctica]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1767)</small> (= ''Hiatella striata'' <small>(Fleuriau, 1802)</small> = ''Hiatella pholadis'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1771)</small>)
* ''[[Hiatella arenacea]]'' <small>(E.A. Smith, 1910)</small>
* ''[[Hiatella australis]]'' <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
* ''[[Hiatella azaria]]'' <small>Dall, 1881</small>
* ''[[Hiatella rugosa]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1767)</small> (= ''Hiatella gallicana''<small> (Lamarck, 1818)</small>)
* ''[[Hiatella glaciana]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hiatella glaciana data - Encyclopedia of Life |url=https://eol.org/pages/440066/data |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=eol.org}}</ref>
* ''[[Hiatella Pholadis|Hiatella pholadis]]''
* ''[[Hiatella Striata|Hiatella striata]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=ITIS - Report: Hiatella striata |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81768#null |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=www.itis.gov}}</ref>
[[File:Natural History - Mollusca - Saxicava.png|200px|thumb|left]]
By [[molecular systematics|molecular data]], at least 13 different species of ''Hiatella'' were distinguished, but the correspondence between those taxa and the formal species names was not resolved.<ref name = ZS>Laakkonen, Hanna; Strelkov, Petr; Väinölä, Risto (2015) [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12105/abstract Molecular lineage diversity and inter-oceanic biogeographical history in ''Hiatella'' (Mollusca, Bivalvia)]. ''[[Zoologica Scripta]]'' 44: 383-402. DOI:10.1111/zsc.12105</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Hiatellidae]]
[[Category:Bivalve genera]]
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