Hong Kong Register of Marine Species

HKRMS taxon details

Myinae Lamarck, 1809

AphiaID

715372 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:715372)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Type taxon

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Myidae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Myidae Lamarck, 1809

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Genus Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Myidae Lamarck, 1809) Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 319; note: Original spelling 'Les myaires' (vernacular). [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Myinae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715372 on 2025-11-13

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Myinae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715372 on 2025-11-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2013-01-12 21:06:09Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-02-10 12:13:14Z

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Dekker, Henk

2024-10-12 20:17:03Z

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Schneider, Simon

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original description (of Myidae Lamarck, 1809) Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 319; note: Original spelling 'Les myaires' (vernacular). [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

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