Alternative spelling: Mya (Cryptomya)
Parent taxon: Myidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Clark 1915, Clark and Arnold 1923, Lamprell and Healy 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cryptomyinae, Mya, Myinae, Paramya, Platyodon, Sphenia, Spheniinae, Tugonia, Venatomya
Subtaxa: Cryptomya californica Cryptomya quadrata Cryptomya washingtoniana Mya (Cryptomya) incognita Mya (Cryptomya) ovalis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Djibouti (1), Japan (2), Mexico (7), Peru (5), South Africa (1), United States (55: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (17: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (20: California)
• Miocene of Indonesia (2), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (9: California)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Japan (3)
Total: 132 collections including 133 occurrences
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