Mya schweinfurthi Mayer-Eymar 1887 (softshell clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Alternative combination: Lovellia schweinfurthi

Belongs to Mya according to J. Bohm 1926

Sister taxa: Mya (Arenomya), Mya (Geramya), Mya (Mya), Mya convexa, Mya cuneiformis, Mya dilata, Mya ilyinensis, Mya kovatschensis, Mya majanatschensis, Mya montereyana, Mya producta, Mya sachalinensis, Mya simplex, Mya tigilensis, Mya virgo, Mya wilsoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Langental, NE of Bogenfels (Eocene of Namibia)

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