Parent taxon: Mya according to Linnaeus 1758
See also Kafanov and Ogasawara 2003
Sister taxa: Mya (Arenomya), Mya (Geramya), Mya convexa, Mya cuneiformis, Mya dilata, Mya ilyinensis, Mya kovatschensis, Mya majanatschensis, Mya montereyana, Mya producta, Mya sachalinensis, Mya schweinfurthi, Mya simplex, Mya tigilensis, Mya virgo, Mya wilsoni
Subtaxa: Mya (Mya) cuneiformis Mya (Mya) ochotica Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria Mya (Mya) pullus Mya (Mya) salmonensis Mya (Mya) truncata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (53: British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec), Greenland (59), Iceland (5), Ireland (1), Poland (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (22: Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene of Belgium (4), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: California, Oregon)
• Miocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (17), United States (14: Alaska, California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Alaska)
• Eocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 208 collections including 223 occurrences