Hinnites
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| Hinnites Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil valve of Hinnites crispus from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Hinnites DeFrance, 1821 |
Hinnites is a genus of rock scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.[1]
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 the sediments of Algeria, Angola, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United States, Australia and of various European countries.[2]
