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Panopea (bivalve)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Panopea

Higher classification
  
Hiatellidae

Order
  
Myoida

Family
  
Hiatellidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Panopea (bivalve) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Mass
  
Pacific geoduck: 0.5 – 1.5 kg

Lower classifications
  
Pacific geoduck, Panopea smithae

Panopea is a genus of large marine bivalve molluscs or clams in the family Hiatellidae. There are 10 described species in Panopea. Many of them are known under the common name geoduck.

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Extant species

  • Panopea abbreviata (Valenciennes, 1839) – southern geoduck
  • Panopea australis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  • Panopea bitruncata (Conrad, 1872)
  • Panopea generosa Gould, 1850 – Pacific geoduck
  • Panopea globosa Dall, 1898 – Cortes geoduck
  • Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778)
  • Panopea japonica Adams, 1850 – Japanese geoduck
  • Panopea smithae Powell, 1950
  • Panopea zelandica Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 – deepwater clam

    • Extinct species

    Extinct species within this genus' include:

  • † Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849) (extinct Miocene fossil)
  • † Panopea depressa Martin 1859
  • † Panopea dockensis Olsson and Petit 1964
  • † Panopea elongata Conrad 1835
  • † Panopea gastaldii Michelotti 1861
  • † Panopea intermedia Sowerby 1814
  • † Panopea mackrothi Geinitz 1857
  • † Panopea montignyana Martin 1859
  • † Panopea orientalis Forbes 1846
  • † Panopea remondii Gabb 1864
  • † Panopea toulai Lundgren 1895
  • † Panopea vaudini Deshayes 1857

    • The fossil record of the genus dates back to the Cretaceous (and maybe the Triassic) (age range: 242.0 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.

    References

    Panopea (bivalve) Wikipedia
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