Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 (softshell clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Alternative combination: Mya arenaria

Synonyms: Mya (Arenomya) japonica Jay 1857, Mya arenaria japonica Jay 1857, Mya japonica Jay 1857

Belongs to Mya (Arenomya) according to A. I. Kafanov et al. 2001

See also Coan et al. 2000, Fujie 1957, Gardner 1943, Hendy et al. 2008, Holmes 1860, MacNeil 1965, Ogasawara 2001 and Weaver 1942

Sister taxa: Mya (Arenomya) arrosis, Mya (Arenomya) dickersoni, Mya (Arenomya) elegans, Mya (Arenomya) ezoensis, Mya (Arenomya) fujiei, Mya (Arenomya) grewingki, Mya (Arenomya) kusiroensis, Mya (Arenomya) marujamensis, Mya (Arenomya) nucleoides, Mya (Arenomya) profundior, Mya (Arenomya) ugolnensis

Subtaxa: Mya japonica oonogai

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (23: Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec), Japan (8), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (49: Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Washington)

• Pliocene of Japan (3), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: California, North Carolina)

• Miocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (4: California, Maryland, Virginia)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 114 collections each including a single occurrence

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