Panopea abrupta is an extinct species of large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Hiatellidae, originally described as Mya abrupta. Its fossils were found in Miocene-aged marine strata near Astoria, Oregon. Between 1983 and 2010, this species of clam was confused with the Pacific geoduck, Panopea generosa, in the scientific literature.[2]

Panopea abrupta
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Adapedonta
Family: Hiatellidae
Genus: Panopea
Species:
P. abrupta
Binomial name
Panopea abrupta
(Conrad, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
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  • Glycimeris estrellana Conrad, 1857
  • Mya abrupta Conrad, 1849
  • Panomya intermedia Khomenko, 1938
  • Panopaea fragilis A. Gould, 1861
  • Panopaea sagrinata A. Gould, 1861
  • Panopaea tenuis Wiedey, 1928
  • Panopaea vaskuchevskensis Il'ina, 1963
  • Panopea tyosiensis Ozaki, 1952

References

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  1. ^ "Panopea abrupta". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ^ Vadopalas, B.; T.W. Pietsch; C.S. Friedman (2010). "The proper name for the geoduck: resurrection of Panopea generosa Gould, 1850, from the synonymy of Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849) (Bivalvia: Myoida: Hiatellidae)" (PDF). Malacologia. 52 (1): 169–173. doi:10.4002/040.052.0111. S2CID 84189390. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2 March 2012.