OCEAN-UKRAINE - Mya Linnaeus, 1758

CaRMS taxon details

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

138211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138211)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Typetaxon of

Myinae Lamarck, 1809

Parent

Myinae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (3)

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Species Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
Species Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mya Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138211 on 2025-03-04

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Mya Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138211 on 2025-03-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-04-03 06:44:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-03-12 10:31:42Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2024-02-10 12:13:14Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Children J. G. (1822-1823). Lamarck's genera of shells. Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (London), 14(27): 64-87, pl. 3-4 [ottobre 1822]; 14(28): 298-322, pl. 5-6 [gennaio 1823]; 15(29): 23-52, pl. 2-3 [aprile 1823]; 15(30): 216-258, pl. 7-8 [luglio 1823]; 16 (31): 49-79, pl. 5 [ottobre 1823]; 16 (32): 241-264, pl. 6 [dicembre 1823]. [Vedi anche Kennard, Salisbury & Woodward, 1931], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14496865 [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Authority The name Mya was placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 94. [details]

Classification Arenomya Winckworth, 1930 is a valid genus according to Nordsieck (1969), but a valid subgenus of Mya according to Macneil (1965), Strauch (1972) and Bernard (1979a) [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	gapersgaper clams	[details]
German	Klaffmuscheln	[details]
Japanese	オオノガイ属	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	sandskjell	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	sandskjel	[details]