''Hinnites'' is a genus of rock
scallop
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bivalve
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mollusks in the
family Pectinidae, the scallops.
These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the
Triassic to the
Quaternary
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Description
This genus include scallops with thick shells resembling that of an oyster.
''Hinnites'' is unusual in that, like the extant taxon '' Crassadoma gigantea'', it was free-swimming as a juvenile, but subsequently cemented itself to a hard substrate.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hinnites'' include:[
* '' Hinnites corallinus'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1827
* '' Hinnites crispus'' † (Brocchi, 1814)
* '' Hinnites denticostatus'' † Klipstein 1843
* '' Hinnites distortus'' (da Costa, 1778)
* '' Hinnites ercolanianus'' † Cocconi 1873
* '' Hinnites granulosus'' † Klipstein 1843
* '' Hinnites obliquus'' † Münster 1841
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Hinnites cortesyi'' Defrance 1821: synonym of ''Hinnites crispus'' (Brocchi, 1814) †
* ''Hinnites giganteus'' (Gray, 1825) (synonym of '' Crassadoma gigantea'')
* ''Hinnites multirugosus'' (Gale, 1928):][D.L.Leighto]
A growth profile for the rock scallop Hinnites multirugosus held at several depths off La Jolla, California
/ref> synonym of '' Crassadoma gigantea'' (J.E. Gray, 1825)
References
* Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. . XII, 195 pp.
Bivalve genera
Pectinidae
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