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Red nose

Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The red nose (Hiatella arctica) is a species in the family Hiatellidae, order Adapedonta.

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Quick facts about the red nose

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red nose live?

Not recorded

Is the red nose endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the red nose classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderAdapedonta
  5. familyHiatellidae
  6. genusHiatella
  7. SpeciesHiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Synonyms Biapholius spinosus, Byssomia crispa, Chama aculeata, Didonta bicarinata, Hiatella arctica, Hiatella arctica f. flaccida, Hiatella arctica f. spinifera, Hiatella arenacea, Hiatella atctica, Hiatella azaria, Hiatella biaperta, Hiatella flaccida, Hiatella lirata, Hiatella monoperta, Hiatella oblonga, Hiatella orientalis, Hiatella pholadis, Hiatella sakhalinensis, Hiatella solida, Hiatella striata, Hypogaea barbata, Mya arctica, Mya byssifera, Mytilus pholadis, Petricola awana, Petricola linguatula, Rhomboides rugosus var. aculeata, Saxicava acuta, Saxicava arctica, Saxicava arctica var. abbreviata, Saxicava arctica var. dilatata, Saxicava arctica var. inermis, Saxicava arctica var. sultanensis, Saxicava arenacea, Saxicava azaria, Saxicava clava, Saxicava conchotrypa, Saxicava distorta, Saxicava flaccida, Saxicava frigida, Saxicava gallicana, Saxicava groenlandica, Saxicava guerini, Saxicava hawaiensis, Saxicava hiatella, Saxicava initialis, Saxicava insita, Saxicava lirata, Saxicava macrodon, Saxicava orientalis, Saxicava petitii, Saxicava pholadis, Saxicava pholadis gastrochaenoidea, Saxicava pholadis var. gastrochaenoidea, Saxicava purpurascens, Saxicava rietensis, Saxicava rubra, Saxicava rugosa var. cylindrica, Saxicava sakhalinensis, Saxicava similis, Saxicava solida, Saxicava spinifera, Saxicava striata, Saxicava subtriangularis, Saxicava sulcata, Saxicava tenuis, Saxicava truncata, Saxicava ungana, Saxicava veneriformis, Solen minutus, Sphenia bilirata, Spongyophylla irregularis, Tellina rhomboides

Other names and names in other languages (26)
  • Arctic hiatellaEnglish
  • Arctic rock borerEnglish
  • Arctic saxicaveEnglish
  • Nestling clamEnglish
  • Red-nose clamEnglish
  • Wrinkled rock borerEnglish
  • Wrinkled rockborerEnglish
  • dutinovka drsnáCzech
  • hulemuslingDanish
  • FelsenbohrerGerman
  • ruttusimpukkaFinnish
  • Hiatelle ridéeFrench
  • ハナシキヌマトイJapanese
  • 족사부착쇄조개Korean
  • steinboreskjellNorwegian Bokmål
  • Noorse rotsboorderDutch
  • steinboreskjelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Арктический камнебурRussian
  • hiatela svetobežnáSlovak
  • stenborrmusslaSwedish
  • Arktischer FelsenbohrerGerman
  • Nördlicher FelsenbohrerGerman
  • Bosseline ridéeFrench
  • キヌマトイガイJapanese
  • noordse rotsboorderDutch
  • Хиателла арктическаяRussian

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Relatives of the red nose

Other species in the same genus Hiatella.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the red nose?

The red nose (Hiatella arctica) belongs to the family Hiatellidae in the order Adapedonta.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{red_nose_2026,
  title = {Red nose (Hiatella arctica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-nose},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}