Hinnites

Hinnitesis a genus of rockscallops,marinebivalvemollusksin thefamilyPectinidae,the scallops.

Hinnites Temporal range:
Fossil valve ofHinnites crispusfrom Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Pectinida
Family:	Pectinidae
Genus:	Hinnites DeFrance,1821

These mollusks have been recorded as fossils from theTriassicto theQuaternary(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.

Description

This genus include scallops with thick shells resembling that of an oyster.

Hinnitesis unusual in that, like the extant taxonCrassadoma gigantea,it was free-swimming as a juvenile, but subsequently cemented itself to a hard substrate.

Species

Species within the genusHinnitesinclude:

• Hinnites corallinusG. 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 cortesyiDefrance 1821:synonym ofHinnites crispus(Brocchi, 1814)†
• Hinnites giganteus(Gray, 1825) (synonym ofCrassadoma gigantea)
• Hinnites multirugosus(Gale, 1928):synonym ofCrassadoma 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.ISBN0-915826-22-4.XII, 195 pp.