WoRMS taxon details
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
140430 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140430)
accepted
Species
Mya arenaria var. ovata Jensen, 1900 (synonym)
Subspecies Mya arenaria corbuloides Comfort, 1938 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Variety Mya arenaria var. ovata Jensen, 1900 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors
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Distribution Labrador to off Georgia; Western Europe
Distribution Circumboreal, not reaching the Mediterranean
Distribution Labrador to off Georgia; Western Europe [details]
Distribution Circumboreal, not reaching the Mediterranean
Distribution Circumboreal, not reaching the Mediterranean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140430 on 2020-02-29
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Mya arenaria var. ovata Jensen, 1900) Jensen A.S. (1900). Om levninger av grundtvandsdyr paa store havdyb mellem Jan Mayen og Island.. <i>Videnskablige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Köbenhavn 1900</i>: 229-239. [details]
original description (of Mya elongata Locard, 1886) Locard A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusque marins. <i>Lyon, H. Georg & Paris, Baillière </i>: pp. X + 778, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 383, 586-587 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2010). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis of Epibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of dredge disposal monitoring in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213. (look up in IMIS) [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.</em> 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details]
additional source Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Abbott R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 164 [details]
additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Marchini, A.; Cantone, G.; Castelli, A.; Chimenz, C.; Cormaci, M.; Froglia, C.; Furnari, G.; Gambi, M. C.; Giaccone, G.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Mazziotti, C.; Orsi-Relini, L.; Piraino, S. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Zhang J.L., Xu F.S. & Liu J.Y. (2012) The Myidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Chinese waters with description of a new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3383: 39–60. [Published 10 July 2012], available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/2/zt03383p060.pdf [details]
additional source Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Mya arenaria var. ovata Jensen, 1900) Jensen A.S. (1900). Om levninger av grundtvandsdyr paa store havdyb mellem Jan Mayen og Island.. <i>Videnskablige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Köbenhavn 1900</i>: 229-239. [details]
original description (of Mya elongata Locard, 1886) Locard A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusque marins. <i>Lyon, H. Georg & Paris, Baillière </i>: pp. X + 778, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 383, 586-587 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
[request] context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2010). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis of Epibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2016): Macrobenthos monitoring in function of dredge disposal monitoring in the Belgian part of the North Sea. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213. (look up in IMIS) [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.</em> 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306. [details]
additional source Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Abbott R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source 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]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 164 [details]
additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Marchini, A.; Cantone, G.; Castelli, A.; Chimenz, C.; Cormaci, M.; Froglia, C.; Furnari, G.; Gambi, M. C.; Giaccone, G.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Mazziotti, C.; Orsi-Relini, L.; Piraino, S. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Zhang J.L., Xu F.S. & Liu J.Y. (2012) The Myidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Chinese waters with description of a new species. <i>Zootaxa</i> 3383: 39–60. [Published 10 July 2012], available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/2/zt03383p060.pdf [details]
additional source Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Portugal (Nation) : Rare [details]Introduced species abundance in Ireland (Nation) : Common [details]
Introduced species abundance in Denmark (Nation) : Common [details]
Introduced species impact in Italy (Nation) : Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]
Introduced species impact in Latvian part of the Gulf of Riga (Marine Region) : Consumes native species (predator or herbivore) [details]
Introduced species impact in United Kingdom (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Ireland (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in France (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Estonia (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Celtic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Norway (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in United States (Alaska) part of the Gulf of Alaska (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Dutch part of the North Sea : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Iceland (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Denmark (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Portugal (Nation) : Suspected to have been introduced intentionally. [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Dutch part of the North Sea : Natural dispersal [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Dutch part of the North Sea : Shipping [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Belgian part of the North Sea: Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]
From other sources
Alien species It is believed that the softshell or sand gaper Mya arenaria was introduced from America in the 16th or 17th century. There is also evidence that Vikings brought this species to Europe around 1245-1295, intentionally as food or accidentally in bilge water. Because the sand gaper is able to survive in different types of environments, it has a worldwide distribution. It is a large clamp – up to 15 centimetres – which, when abundantly present, can significantly influence the environment. Because of its entrenched way of life (sometimes up to 50 centimetres deep in the soil!) its presence often remains unnoticed. [details]Dimensions reaches 2.5 to 15 cm in size [details]
Distribution Labrador to off Georgia; Western Europe [details]
Distribution Circumboreal, not reaching the Mediterranean [details]
Habitat intertidal, bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Reproduction Fertilization occurs externally in the water column where all of the larval developmental stages occur. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 砂海螂 | [details] |
| Danish | almindelig sandmusling | [details] |
| Dutch | strandgapergrote strandgaper | [details] |
| English | steamer clamsteamersoft-shelled clamsoftshell clamsoftshellsand gaperlong necked clamlarge-neck clam | [details] |
| French | mye des sablesmyeclauquebec de jar | [details] |
| German | StrandausterSandmuschelSandklaffmuschelKlaffmuschelGroße Sandklaffmuschel | [details] |
| Japanese | オオノガイ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Σκαφτιάς | [details] |
| Polish | małgiew piaskołaz | [details] |
BIOTIC
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Global invasive species database - Mya arenaria
Guide to the exotic species of San Francisco bay - Mya arenaria
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (113 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Sphenia ovoidea Carpenter, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1273 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mya oonogai Makiyama, 1935)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life (from synonym Mya acuta Say, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (207 nucleotides; 176 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Niet-inheemse soorten Belgisch deel Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria (in Dutch)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mya declivis Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Mya elongata Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Mya arenaria var. ovata Jensen, 1900)
To The Arctic Traits Database (13 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits) (from synonym Sphenia ovoidea Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sphenia ovoidea Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 070331)
To ITIS
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Global invasive species database - Mya arenaria
Guide to the exotic species of San Francisco bay - Mya arenaria
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (113 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Sphenia ovoidea Carpenter, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1273 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mya oonogai Makiyama, 1935)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life (from synonym Mya acuta Say, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (207 nucleotides; 176 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To Marine Bivalves of the British Isles webpage at National Museum of Wales
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Niet-inheemse soorten Belgisch deel Noordzee en aanpalende estuaria (in Dutch)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Mya declivis Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Mya elongata Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Mya arenaria var. ovata Jensen, 1900)
To The Arctic Traits Database (13 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits) (from synonym Sphenia ovoidea Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Sphenia ovoidea Carpenter, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 070331)
To ITIS
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