''Hinnites'' is a genus of rock

scallop Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families ...

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

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Pectinidae Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families ...

, the scallops. These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the

Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 Mya. The Triassic is the first and shortest period ...

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(from 235.0 to 0.126 Ma). Fossils have been found in the sediments of Algeria, Angola, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United States, Australia and of various European countries.Paleobiology Database
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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 ''Crassadoma'' is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. It is monotypic, the only species being ''Crassadoma gigantea'', the rock scallop, giant rock scallop or purple-hinge rock scallop. Although the small ...

'', it was free-swimming as a juvenile, but subsequently cemented itself to a hard substrate.

Species

Species within the genus ''Hinnites'' include: * ''

Hinnites corallinus ''Hinnites'' is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system (stratigraphy), syste ...

'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1827 * ''

Hinnites crispus ''Hinnites'' is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the Triassic to the Quaternary (from 235.0 to 0.126 Ma). Fossils have been found in ...

'' † (Brocchi, 1814) * ''

Hinnites denticostatus ''Hinnites'' is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the Triassic to the Quaternary (from 235.0 to 0.126 Ma). Fossils have been found in ...

'' † Klipstein 1843 * ''

Hinnites distortus ''Hinnites'' is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the Triassic to the Quaternary (from 235.0 to 0.126 Ma). Fossils have been found in ...

'' (da Costa, 1778) * ''

Hinnites ercolanianus ''Hinnites'' is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the Triassic to the Quaternary (from 235.0 to 0.126 Ma). Fossils have been found in ...

'' † Cocconi 1873 * ''

Hinnites granulosus ''Hinnites'' is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the Triassic to the Quaternary (from 235.0 to 0.126 Ma). Fossils have been found in ...

'' † Klipstein 1843 * ''

Hinnites obliquus ''Hinnites'' is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from the Triassic to the Quaternary (from 235.0 to 0.126 Ma). Fossils have been found in ...

'' † Münster 1841 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Hinnites cortesyi'' Defrance 1821: synonym of ''Hinnites crispus'' (Brocchi, 1814) † * ''Hinnites giganteus'' (Gray, 1825) (synonym of ''

'') * ''Hinnites multirugosus'' (Gale, 1928):D.L.Leighto
A growth profile for the rock scallop Hinnites multirugosus held at several depths off La Jolla, California
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'' (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 {{bivalve-stub