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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (23: Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec), Japan (5), 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 (2), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (4: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (4: California, Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 111 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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