MSBIAS taxon details

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Heteroconchia
  7. Euheterodonta
  8. Imparidentia
  9. Myida
  10. Myoidea
  11. Myidae
  12. Myinae
  13. Mya
accepted
Genus
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Myinae Lamarck, 1809
Myinae Lamarck, 1809
Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Species Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
  3. Species Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
  4. Subgenus Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930 accepted as Mya Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    marine, fresh, terrestrial
    recent + fossil
    Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
    page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
    MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mya Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138211 on 2026-07-13
    The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Mya Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138211 on 2026-07-13
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    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
    2026-01-25 07:57:48Z
    changed
    Vinarski, Maxim

    original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
    page(s): 670 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

    original description (of Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930) Winckworth, R. (1930). Notes on nomenclature 5. Some new names for British marine bivalves. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 19: 14-15. [13 March 1930]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

    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., 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 IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

    subsequent type designation Children J. G. (1822-1823). Lamarck's genera of shells. <i>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (London)</i>, 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] 
    		 
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    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mya) 
    To Genbank 
    To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits) 
    To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101612) 
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