Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Parent taxon: Panopea according to L. E. Anelli et al. 2006
See also Addicott 1973, Freneix et al. 1988 and Pugaczewska 1984
Sister taxa: Panopaea concentrica, Panopaea depressa, Panopaea elongata, Panopaea mackrothi, Panopaea montignyana, Panopaea orientalis, Panopaea remondii, Panopaea sahariensis, Panopaea toulai, Panopaea vaudini, Panope agnewi, Panope borealis, Panope californica, Panope elongatissima, Panope fuegensis, Panope gurgitis, Panope mclearni, Panope murrayensis, Panope shastacola, Panope subaequilateralis, Panope taylorensis, Panope tenuis, Panope torreyensis, Panope webbi, Panopea (Degrangia), Panopea (Myopsis), Panopea abbreviata, Panopea abrupta, Panopea akerlundi, Panopea aldrovandi, Panopea americana, Panopea anabarica, Panopea australis, Panopea bagualesia, Panopea bitruncata, Panopea brasiliensis, Panopea chiloensis, Panopea clausa, Panopea dockensis, Panopea eightsi, Panopea gastaldii, Panopea generosa, Panopea globosa, Panopea glycymeris, Panopea goldfussii, Panopea ibari, Panopea inaequivalvis, Panopea intermedia, Panopea kazakovae, Panopea kissoumi, Panopea nucleus, Panopea oblongata, Panopea parawhitfieldi, Panopea porrectoides, Panopea ramonensis, Panopea rathbuni, Panopea smithii, Panopea snohomishensis, Panopea thomasi, Panopea undatoides, Panopea whitfieldi, Panopea worthingtoni, Panopea zinsmeisteri
Subtaxa: Panopea (Panopea) andreae Panopea (Panopea) menardi Panopea (Panopea) regularis Panopea (Panopea) vredenburgi Panopea (Panopea) worthingtoni
Ecology: stationary deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Antarctica (3 collections), Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Antarctica (3), Argentina (9), Austria (6), Belgium (1), Germany (9), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Slovakia (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Denmark (2), Turkey (3)
• Eocene of Romania (1)
• Paleocene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 51 collections including 52 occurrences