Mya montereyana Conrad 1856 (softshell clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327

Belongs to Mya according to T. A. Conrad 1856

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mya montereyana in the database

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