ERMS taxon details
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
140431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140431)
accepted
Species
Mya ovalis W. Turton, 1822 · unaccepted
Mya uddevalensis Hancock, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sphenia swainsoni W. Turton, 1822 · unaccepted
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
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140431 on 2025-05-11
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140431 on 2025-05-11
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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
original description (of Mya ovalis W. Turton, 1822) Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Sphenia swainsoni W. Turton, 1822) Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Mya uddevalensis Hancock, 1846) Hancock A. 1846. A list of shells dredged on the West Coast of Davis's Strait; with notes and descriptions of eight new species. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>, 18: 323-338, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319632 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Marine Biology Section, Ugent. Belgium. INRAM. Benthic fauna monitoring- SSD - Belgian Science Policy., available online at http://www.vliz.be/projects/inram/imers.php. [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Amaro T., Duineveld G. & Tyler P. 2005. (2005). Does <i>Mya truncata</i> reproduce at its southern distribution limit? Preliminary information. <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 24(1): 25–28,. [details] Available for editors
additional source Zhang J.L., Yurchenko O.V., Lutaenko K.A., Kalachev A.V., Nekhaev I.O., Aguilar R., Zhan Z.F. & Ogburn M.B. (2018). A tale of two soft-shell clams: an integrative taxonomic analysis confirms <i>Mya japonica</i> as a valid species distinct from <i>Mya arenaria</i> (Bivalvia: Myidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 184(3): 605-622., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx107 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Mya ovalis W. Turton, 1822) Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Sphenia swainsoni W. Turton, 1822) Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Mya uddevalensis Hancock, 1846) Hancock A. 1846. A list of shells dredged on the West Coast of Davis's Strait; with notes and descriptions of eight new species. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i>, 18: 323-338, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2319632 [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Marine Biology Section, Ugent. Belgium. INRAM. Benthic fauna monitoring- SSD - Belgian Science Policy., available online at http://www.vliz.be/projects/inram/imers.php. [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors
additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Amaro T., Duineveld G. & Tyler P. 2005. (2005). Does <i>Mya truncata</i> reproduce at its southern distribution limit? Preliminary information. <em>Journal of Shellfish Research.</em> 24(1): 25–28,. [details] Available for editors
additional source Zhang J.L., Yurchenko O.V., Lutaenko K.A., Kalachev A.V., Nekhaev I.O., Aguilar R., Zhan Z.F. & Ogburn M.B. (2018). A tale of two soft-shell clams: an integrative taxonomic analysis confirms <i>Mya japonica</i> as a valid species distinct from <i>Mya arenaria</i> (Bivalvia: Myidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 184(3): 605-622., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx107 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | afgeknotte strandgaperafgeknotte gaper | [details] |
| English | truncate softshell clamtruncate softshellblunt gaper | [details] |
| French | mye tronquée | [details] |
| German | abgestutzte Klaffmuschel | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (750 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mya truncata)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Hoek van Holland, collected ...
To Malacopics (Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 North Sea, Outer Silver Pit, collected alive, collected...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mya ovalis W. Turton, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Sphenia swainsoni W. Turton, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Mya uddevalensis Hancock, 1846)
To The Arctic Traits Database (12 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033377)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (750 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mya truncata)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Hoek van Holland, collected ...
To Malacopics (Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 North Sea, Outer Silver Pit, collected alive, collected...
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mya ovalis W. Turton, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Sphenia swainsoni W. Turton, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Mya uddevalensis Hancock, 1846)
To The Arctic Traits Database (12 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 033377)
To ITIS
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