WoRMS taxon details
Myidae Lamarck, 1809
AphiaID: 247
AphiaID: 247
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Myoida (Order) > Myoidea (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Parent | Myoidea | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cryptomyinae Habe, 1977 Myacidae (Incorrect spelling) Myinae Lamarck, 1809 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details] redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] basis of record (from synonym): Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Cryptomya Conrad, 1849 Genus Mya Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Paramya Conrad, 1861 Genus Platyodon Conrad, 1837 Genus Sphenia Turton, 1822 Genus Tugonella Jousseaume, 1891 Genus Tugonia Gray, 1842 Subfamily Cryptomyinae Habe, 1977 represented as Myidae Lamarck, 1809 (alternate representation) Subfamily Myinae Lamarck, 1809 represented as Myidae Lamarck, 1809 (alternate representation) Genus Arenomya Winckworth, 1930 accepted as Mya Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Cryptodonta Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Platyodon Conrad, 1837 Genus Distugonia Iredale, 1936 accepted as Tugonia (Distugonia) Iredale, 1936 represented as Tugonia Gray, 1842 Genus Hiatula Modeer, 1793 accepted as Mya Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Myalina Conrad, 1845 accepted as Paramya Conrad, 1861 Genus Sphaenia accepted as Sphenia Turton, 1822 Genus Sphena accepted as Sphenia Turton, 1822 Subfamily Spheniinae F. R. Bernard, 1983 accepted as Cryptomyinae Habe, 1977 represented as Myidae Lamarck, 1809 Genus Tyleria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Sphenia Turton, 1822 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:247 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Myidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=247 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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