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CaRMS taxon detailsHiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)
140103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140103)
accepted
Species
Hiatella striata (Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine,
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1113 [details]
Taxonomy Recent research has shown that living members of the genus Hiatella are genetically diverse. The nestling habitat of this...
Taxonomy Recent research has shown that living members of the genus Hiatella are genetically diverse. The nestling habitat of this genus results in an extremely variable shell morphology. That nestling can occur among epibionts on boats and floating debris suggests that transport of some genetic entities has occurred for centuries. It may thus be difficult or impossible to correlate shell morphologies with genetic entities, particularly with the many nominal species described since 1758 based solely on shells. An entirely new classification may be needed for this difficult genus, and some authors are now using letters, such as "Hiatella sp. J" to indicate genetic entities. [details] Distribution Arctic Seas to deep waters in West Indies; Arctic seas to deep water off Panama
Distribution Arctic Seas to deep waters in West Indies; Arctic seas to deep water off Panama [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140103 on 2026-09-02
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140103 on 2026-09-02
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(of Hiatella striata (Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802)) Fleuriau [de] Bellevue [L.B.] 1802. Mémoire sur quelques nouveaux genres de mollusques et vers lithophages, et sur les facultés qu'ont ces animaux de percer le rochers. <i>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts</i> (Paris), 54: 345-369., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6194127 [details]
original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 page(s): 1113 [details] context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details] basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] additional source Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details] additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source Lesport J.-F., Lozouet P., Pacaud J.-M., Rocher P., Renard P. & Favia R. (2019). Les Bivalvia de l'Aquitanien (Miocène inférieur) de Saucats "Lariey" (Gironde, Sud-Ouest France). 2.- Heterodonta (Première partie). <em>Cossmanniana.</em> 21: 3-99. page(s): pl. 10 figs 1-4 [details] additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] additional source Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012], available online at http://www.zora.uzh.ch/61152/1/12_Zootaxa.pdf page(s): 64 [details] additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 246. [details] status source Laakkonen, H. M., Strelkov, P. & Väinölä, R. (2016). Molecular lineage diversity and inter-oceanic biogeographical history in Hiatella (Mollusca, Bivalvia). <em>Zoologica Scripta 44: 383-402.</em> [details] Available for editors identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48 page(s): 748-749 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Recent research has shown that living members of the genus Hiatella are genetically diverse. The nestling habitat of this genus results in an extremely variable shell morphology. That nestling can occur among epibionts on boats and floating debris suggests that transport of some genetic entities has occurred for centuries. It may thus be difficult or impossible to correlate shell morphologies with genetic entities, particularly with the many nominal species described since 1758 based solely on shells. An entirely new classification may be needed for this difficult genus, and some authors are now using letters, such as "Hiatella sp. J" to indicate genetic entities. [details]Unreviewed
Dimensions reaches 2.5 cm in size [details]Distribution Arctic Seas to deep waters in West Indies; Arctic seas to deep water off Panama [details] Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 50848) To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (154 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Hiatella striata (Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802)) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hiatella arctica) To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 18 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) To Malacopics (Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) Belgium, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, E3 Scheldetunnel R... To Malacopics (Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) Belgium, Limburg, Kleine Spouwen, Koestraat , ex ... To Malacopics (Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) Denmark, Nordjylland, Sæby, beached, collected 19... To Malacopics (Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) Faroe Islands, off Faroe Islands, by trawling, at... To Malacopics (Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, W side L... To Malacopics (Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) Japan, Fukushima-ken, Tomioka, collected 1971-01-... To Malacopics (Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Bergen, Egmond aan Ze... To Malacopics (Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) New Zealand, Northland, Houhora harbour, in soft ... To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales To NMNH Extant Collection (Hiatella arctica (1) 360451) To NMNH Extant Collection (Hiatella arctica 360451) To PESI To The Arctic Traits Database (17 traits) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Hiatella striata (Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802)) To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033538) To ITIS From editor or global species database
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