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WoRMS name details

Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930

AphiaID

516375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516375)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 (type by original designation)

Parent

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930

Direct children (4)

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Species Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mya (Arenomya) baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 accepted as Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997
Species Mya (Arenomya) elegans (Eichwald, 1871) accepted as Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Species Mya (Arenomya) japonica J. C. Jay, 1857 accepted as Mya japonica J. C. Jay, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Winckworth, R. (1930). Notes on nomenclature 5. Some new names for British marine bivalves. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 19: 14-15. [13 March 1930]. [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516375 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-10 12:28:10Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-17 08:35:07Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2014-01-31 07:31:18Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-12-27 20:56:24Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

2026-05-01 07:15:50Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

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

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basis of record Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR. 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
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Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Gladenkov, Yu. B.; Sinelnikova, V. N.; Chelebaeva, A. I.; Shantser, A. E. (2005). Biosfera - ekosistema - biota v proshlom zemli. Ekosistemy kaynozoya severnoy patsifiki: Eotsen-oligotsen Zapadnoy Kamchatki i sobredel'nykh rayonov [Biosphere - ecosystem - biota in the Earth past. The North Pacific Cenozoic ecosystems: Eocene-Oligocene of West Kamchatka and adjacent regions]. Transactions of the Geological Institute. 540: 1-480.
page(s): 383 [details] Available for editors

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