Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

PeRMS taxon details

Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)

To MNHN Fossil collection (Hiatella arctica (LINNAEUS, 1767); Figuré; F.A50685)

AphiaID

140103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140103)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Hiatella Bosc, 1801

Original name

Mya arctica Linnaeus, 1767

Synonymised names

Hiatella solida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

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]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1113 [details]

Descriptive notes

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025) Peruvian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140103 on 2025-05-17

Regional species database citation

Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025). Peruvian Register of Marine Species. Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140103 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2007-03-13 13:54:36Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2008-05-18 13:28:54Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2015-01-16 10:00:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

[taxonomic tree]

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]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. 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. Revista peruana de biología. 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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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]

additional source Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. Zootaxa 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 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 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 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). Cossmanniana. 21: 3-99.
page(s): pl. 10 figs 1-4 [details]

status source Laakkonen, H. M., Strelkov, P. & Väinölä, R. (2016). Molecular lineage diversity and inter-oceanic biogeographical history in Hiatella (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Zoologica Scripta 44: 383-402. [details] Available for editors

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 748-749 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

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]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	hulemusling	[details]
Dutch	Noorse rotsboordernoordse rotsboorder	[details]
English	wrinkled rockborerwrinkled rock borerred-nose clamred noseNestling clamArctic saxicaveArctic rock borerArctic hiatella	[details]
German	Nördlicher FelsenbohrerFelsenbohrerArktischer Felsenbohrer	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	steinboreskjell	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	steinboreskjel	[details]
Russian	Хиателла арктическая	[details]
Swedish	stenborrmussla	[details]