WoRMS taxon details
Mya Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 138211
AphiaID: 138211
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Myoida (Order) > Myoidea (Superfamily) > Myidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Myidae Lamarck, 1809 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Arenomya Winckworth, 1930 (synonym) Hiatula Modeer, 1793 (invalid: junior objective synonym of Mya) Hiatula (Hiatula) Modeer, 1793 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record (from synonym): Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [details] [view taxon] 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 Species Mya eideri Hopner Petersen, 1999 Species Mya neoovata Hopner Petersen, 1999 Species Mya neouddevallensis Hopner Petersen, 1999 Species Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931 Species Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya abrupta Conrad, 1849 accepted as Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849) † Species Mya acuta Say, 1822 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya alba Agassiz, 1839 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya anatina Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya angulata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Anatinella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya anserifera Spengler, 1793 accepted as Laternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1914 accepted as Laternula elliptica (King & Broderip, 1832) Species Mya arctica Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) Species Mya atlantica Spengler, 1793 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya australis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya bidentata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803) Species Mya binghami (Turton, 1822) accepted as Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822 Species Mya byssifera Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) Species Mya cancellata Conrad, 1837 accepted as Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad, 1837) Species Mya communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya convexa W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Thracia convexa (W. Wood, 1815) Species Mya corpulenta Conrad, 1845 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya crispata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Mya declivis Pennant, 1777 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya decussata Montagu, 1808 accepted as Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788) Species Mya distorta Montagu, 1803 accepted as Thracia distorta (Montagu, 1803) Species Mya donacina Spengler, 1793 accepted as Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793) Species Mya dubia Pennant, 1777 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777) Species Mya elongata Locard, 1886 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya erodona Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Erodona mactroides Daudin Bosc, 1801 Species Mya ferruginosa Montagu, 1808 accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) Species Mya gaditana Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778) Species Mya gigas Lightfoot, 1786 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778) Species Mya glycimeris Born, 1778 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778) Species Mya guinensis Spengler, 1793 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya hemphilli Newcomb, 1874 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya hispanica Philippi, 1836 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778) Species Mya hyalina Conrad, 1831 accepted as Lyonsia hyalina (Conrad, 1831) Species Mya inaequivalvis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) Species Mya inopia Hanna, 1924 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837) Species Mya intermedia Dall, 1898 accepted as Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 Species Mya japonica Jay, 1857 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya labiata Maton, 1810 accepted as Erodona mactroides Daudin Bosc, 1801 Species Mya lata J. Sowerby, 1815 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya lutraria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Mya mindorensis A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837) Species Mya nicobarica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Anatinella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya nitens Montagu, 1808 accepted as Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808) Species Mya nitida Müller, 1776 accepted as Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) Species Mya nitida Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya norvegica Spengler, 1793 accepted as Panomya norvegica (Spengler, 1793) Species Mya norwegica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya oblonga Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lutraria oblonga (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya oonogai Makiyama, 1935 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya orbiculata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778) Species Mya ovalis Turton, 1822 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya papyracea Spengler, 1793 accepted as Anatinella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya particolor Perry, 1811 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778) Species Mya pellucida Brown, 1818 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Mya pholadia Montagu, 1803 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777) Species Mya picea W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler, 1793) Species Mya praecisa Gould, 1850 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya praetenuis Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799) Species Mya priapus Tilesius, 1822 accepted as Panomya priapus (Tilesius, 1822) Species Mya pubescens Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Thracia pubescens (Pulteney, 1799) Species Mya pullus J. de C. Sowerby, 1826 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808 accepted as Turtonia minuta (Fabricius, 1780) Species Mya rostrata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793) Species Mya semistriata Hanley, 1842 accepted as Cryptomya semistriata (Hanley, 1842) Species Mya siliqua Spengler, 1793 accepted as Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler, 1793) Species Mya simplex Holmes, 1858 accepted as Basterotia elliptica (Récluz, 1850) Species Mya solemyalis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Entodesma solemyalis (Lamarck, 1818) Species Mya striata Montagu, 1815 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) Species Mya subovata Woodward, 1833 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya subtruncata Woodward, 1833 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Mya tenuis Philippi, 1887 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837) Species Mya tugon Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mya uzenensis Nomura & Zinbo, 1937 accepted as Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931 Species Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
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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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138211 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Mya Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138211 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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