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Mya Linnaeus, 1758

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Myida (Order)
  10. Myoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Myidae (Family)
  12. Myinae (Subfamily)
  13. Mya (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 † · unaccepted > unavailable name (ICZN Art. 20 discarding names...)  
ICZN Art. 20 discarding names formed with suffix "-ites" to denote fossils

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  1. Species Mya antarctica (Melvill & Standen, 1898)
  2. Species Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  3. Species Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997
  4. Species Mya japonica J. C. Jay, 1857
  5. Species Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
  6. Species Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
  7. Species Mya uzenensis Nomura & Zinbo, 1937
  8. Subgenus Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930 accepted as Mya Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
    1. Species Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
    2. Species Mya (Arenomya) baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 accepted as Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997
  9. Subgenus Mya (Platyodon) Conrad, 1837 accepted as Platyodon Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  10. Species Mya abrupta Conrad, 1849 accepted as Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849) † (original combination)
  11. Species Mya acuta Say, 1822 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  12. Species Mya alba Agassiz, 1839 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  13. Species Mya anatina Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791)
  14. Species Mya angulata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Anatinella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
  15. Species Mya anserifera Spengler, 1793 accepted as Laternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791)
  16. Species Mya antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1914 accepted as Mya antarctica (Melvill & Standen, 1898)
  17. Species Mya arctica Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) (original combination)
  18. Species Mya atlantica Spengler, 1793 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) (junior objective synonym)
  19. Species Mya australis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
  20. Species Mya bidentata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
  21. Species Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822) accepted as Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822
  22. Species Mya byssifera O. Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Mya cancellata Conrad, 1837 accepted as Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad, 1837) (original combination)
  24. Species Mya communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  25. Species Mya convexa W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Thracia convexa (W. Wood, 1815)
  26. Species Mya corpulenta Conrad, 1845 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  27. Species Mya crispata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  28. Species Mya declivis Pennant, 1777 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  29. Species Mya decussata Montagu, 1808 accepted as Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)
  30. Species Mya distorta Montagu, 1803 accepted as Thracia distorta (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Ixartia distorta (Montagu, 1803)
  31. Species Mya donacina Spengler, 1793 accepted as Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793) (superseded combination)
  32. Species Mya dubia Pennant, 1777 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  33. Species Mya eideri Hopner Petersen, 1999 accepted as Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
  34. Species Mya elongata Locard, 1886 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  35. Species Mya erodona Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1801
  36. Species Mya ferruginea [sic] accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) (misspelling by Gray, 1847)
  37. Species Mya ferruginosa Montagu, 1808 accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  38. Species Mya gaditana Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
  39. Species Mya gigas [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778)
  40. Species Mya glycimeris Born, 1778 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778)
  41. Species Mya guinensis Spengler, 1793 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791)
  42. Species Mya hemphilli Newcomb, 1874 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  43. Species Mya hispanica R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
  44. Species Mya hyalina Conrad, 1831 accepted as Lyonsia hyalina (Conrad, 1831)
  45. Species Mya inaequivalvis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
  46. Species Mya inopia G. D. Hanna, 1924 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
  47. Species Mya intermedia Dall, 1898 accepted as Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Mya intermedia J. Sowerby, 1814; M. baxteri is a replacement name)
  48. Species Mya labiata Maton, 1811 accepted as Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Species Mya lutraria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  50. Species Mya mercenaria Say, 1822 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  51. Species Mya mindorensis A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
  52. Species Mya neoovata Høpner Petersen, 1999 accepted as Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
  53. Species Mya neouddevallensis Høpner Petersen, 1999 accepted as Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
  54. Species Mya nicobarica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Anatinella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
  55. Species Mya nitens Montagu, 1808 accepted as Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808) (original combination)
  56. Species Mya nitida O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) (original combination)
  57. Species Mya nitida O. Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Species Mya norvegica Spengler, 1793 accepted as Panomya norvegica (Spengler, 1793)
  59. Species Mya norwegica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
  60. Species Mya oblonga Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lutraria oblonga (Gmelin, 1791)
  61. Species Mya oonogai Makiyama, 1935 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  62. Species Mya orbiculata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
  63. Species Mya ovalis W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
  64. Species Mya papyracea Spengler, 1793 accepted as Anatinella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
  65. Species Mya particolor Perry, 1811 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778)
  66. Species Mya pellucida T. Brown, 1818 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)
  67. Species Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  68. Species Mya pholadia Montagu, 1803 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777)
  69. Species Mya picea W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler, 1793)
  70. Species Mya praecisa A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
  71. Species Mya praetenuis Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
  72. Species Mya priapus Tilesius, 1822 accepted as Panomya priapus (Tilesius, 1822)
  73. Species Mya pubescens Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Thracia pubescens (Pulteney, 1799)
  74. Species Mya pullus J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
  75. Species Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808 accepted as Turtonia minuta (O. Fabricius, 1780)
  76. Species Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808 sensu W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Hiatella rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (misapplication)
  77. Species Mya rostrata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)
  78. Species Mya semistriata Hanley, 1842 accepted as Cryptomya semistriata (Hanley, 1842)
  79. Species Mya siliqua Spengler, 1793 accepted as Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler, 1793)
  80. Species Mya simplex Holmes, 1858 accepted as Basterotia elliptica (Récluz, 1850)
  81. Species Mya solemyalis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Entodesma solemyalis (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
  82. Species Mya striata Montagu, 1816 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)
  83. Species Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
  84. Species Mya subovata S. Woodward, 1833 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  85. Species Mya subtruncata S. Woodward, 1833 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  86. Species Mya tenuis R. A. Philippi, 1887 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
  87. Species Mya tugon Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791)
  88. Species Mya uddevalensis Hancock, 1846 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  89. Species Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
  90. Species Mya divaricata G. B. Sowerby II, 1875 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
  91. Species Mya edentula Pallas, 1771 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  92. Species Mya membranacea Gmelin, 1791 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mya Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138211 on 2024-12-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2013-04-03 06:44:46Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-03-12 10:31:42Z
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Vinarski, Maxim
2024-02-10 12:13:14Z
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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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930) Winckworth, R. (1930). Notes on nomenclature 5. Some new names for British marine bivalves. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 19: 14-15. [13 March 1930]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
page(s): 176 [details] OpenAccess publication

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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 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  PDF available [request]

subsequent type designation Children J. G. (1822-1823). Lamarck's genera of shells. <i>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (London)</i>, 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] 
 
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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]
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LanguageName 
English gapersgaper clams  [details]
German Klaffmuscheln  [details]
Japanese オオノガイ属  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål sandskjell  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk sandskjel  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mya) 
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Picture of Mya truncata
Picture of Mya truncata
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Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
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Mya truncata
Mya truncata
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Mya truncata
Mya truncata
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afgeknotte (strand)gaper Mya truncata
afgeknotte (strand)gaper Mya truncata
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Mya truncata afgeknotte (strand)gaper
Mya truncata afgeknotte (strand)gaper
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Mya truncata (fresh)
Mya truncata (fresh)
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Mya truncata (above) and Panomya norvegica (below)
Mya truncata (above) and Panomya norvegica (below)
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Panomya norvegica (above) and Mya truncata (below)
Panomya norvegica (above) and Mya truncata (below)
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Eben (1884, plaat 7)
Eben (1884, plaat 7)
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Mya truncata
Mya truncata
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Mya truncata
Mya truncata
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101612)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101612)
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