Mya byssifera
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Huber, Markus
creator: Vos, Chris
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Mya byssifera O. Fabricius, 1780
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mya byssifera O. Fabricius, 1780. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=541334 on 2026-08-30
created: 2010-11-10T16:53:17Z
is replaced by: 140103
modified: 2022-10-03T19:38:38Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mya byssifera O. Fabricius, 1780
accepted name usage ID: 140103
class: Bivalvia
family: Myidae
genus: Mya
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl.
name published in year: 1780
order: Myida
parent name usage ID: 138211
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: O. Fabricius, 1780
specific epithet: byssifera
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: junior subjective synonym