Panopea (mollusc)

Taxobox
name = "Panopea"
fossil_range = Eocene to Recent


image_caption = "Panopea zelandica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Myoida
familia = Hiatellidae
genus = "Panopea"
genus_authority = Ménard, 1807
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Panopea" is a genus of large marine bivalve molluscs or clams in the family Hiatellidae.

Distribution

This genus is widespread in cool and temperate seas.

pecies in the genus "Panopea"

* "Panopea abbreviata"
* "Panopea abrupta"
* "Panopea bitruncata"
* "Panopea generosa"
* "Panopea glycymeris"
* "Panopea nagaoi"
* "Panopea norvegica"
* "Panopea smithae" Powell, 1950
* "Panopea zelandica" Quoy and Gaimard, 1835

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1