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ERMS taxon details

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

138211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138211)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Myinae Lamarck, 1809

Parent

Myinae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (36)

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Species Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
Species Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mya arctica Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) (original combination)
Species Mya bidentata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
Species Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822) accepted as Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822
Species Mya byssifera O. Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mya convexa W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Thracia convexa (W. Wood, 1815)
Species Mya crispata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mya declivis Pennant, 1777 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mya decussata Montagu, 1808 accepted as Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)
Species Mya distorta Montagu, 1803 accepted as Thracia distorta (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Ixartia distorta (Montagu, 1803)
Species Mya dubia Pennant, 1777 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Mya elongata Locard, 1886 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mya ferruginea [sic] accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) (misspelling by Gray, 1847)
Species Mya ferruginosa Montagu, 1808 accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mya gaditana Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mya glycimeris Born, 1778 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778)
Species Mya inaequivalvis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Species Mya lutraria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Mya nitida O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) (original combination)
Species Mya norvegica Spengler, 1793 accepted as Panomya norvegica (Spengler, 1793)
Species Mya norwegica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
Species Mya oblonga Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Mya orbiculata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
Species Mya ovalis W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mya pellucida T. Brown, 1818 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Mya pholadia Montagu, 1803 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777)
Species Mya praetenuis Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
Species Mya pubescens Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Thracia pubescens (Pulteney, 1799)
Species Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808 accepted as Turtonia minuta (O. Fabricius, 1780)
Species Mya rostrata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)
Species Mya striata Montagu, 1816 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
Species Mya uddevalensis Hancock, 1846 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

Environment

marine

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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mya Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138211 on 2025-06-03

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Mya Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138211 on 2025-06-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-04-03 06:44:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-03-12 10:31:42Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2024-02-10 12:13:14Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Children J. G. (1822-1823). Lamarck's genera of shells. Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (London), 14(27): 64-87, pl. 3-4 [ottobre 1822]; 14(28): 298-322, pl. 5-6 [gennaio 1823]; 15(29): 23-52, pl. 2-3 [aprile 1823]; 15(30): 216-258, pl. 7-8 [luglio 1823]; 16 (31): 49-79, pl. 5 [ottobre 1823]; 16 (32): 241-264, pl. 6 [dicembre 1823]. [Vedi anche Kennard, Salisbury & Woodward, 1931], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14496865 [details]