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Mya (Mya)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mya (Mya) Linnaeus
2003Mya (Mya) Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMyidaeLamarck 1809
genusMyaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMyaLinnaeus 1758

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Mya (Mya) Linnaeus 1758
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†Mya (Mya) cuneiformis Bohm 1915
†Mya (Mya) ochotica Ilyina 1957
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Invalid names: Mya (Mya) uzenensis Nomura and Zinbo 1937 [synonym]
†Mya (Mya) pullus Sowerby 1826
†Mya (Mya) salmonensis Clark 1932
Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 [truncate softshell]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:49:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:49:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (209 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation Mya uzenensis, Mya cuneiformis (70564)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Japan Mya truncata, Mya salmonensis (70424)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Mya salmonensis (195952) Mya truncata (195956 195959 195962) Mya truncata, Mya salmonensis (195964)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Alaska) Mya truncata (166447)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Mya cuneiformis (50041 50050) Mya truncata, Mya cuneiformis (50172)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Mya cuneiformis (70448)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan Mya truncata (70422)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.04 - 11.63Russian Federation Mya cuneiformis (50171)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Russian Federation Mya cuneiformis (50179)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Mya cuneiformis (50037 50038 50150)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Mya truncata (67915 67918)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Mya cuneiformis (70562 70568) Mya uzenensis, Mya cuneiformis (70446)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Russian Federation Mya cuneiformis (50048)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Mya truncata (49978)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Mya truncata (37388 37390 37393 37395 37401 37402 37405 37406 37409 37415 37416)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Mya cuneiformis (70566) Mya truncata, Mya ochotica, Mya cuneiformis (70479) Mya uzenensis, Mya cuneiformis (70476)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Mya truncata (194894)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Mya truncata (71148)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Mya cuneiformis (70407 70408 70598)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Mya truncata (97209)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Mya truncata, Mya uzenensis, Mya cuneiformis (50042)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (84763 84795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation Mya pseudoarenaria (50080) Mya truncata, Mya uzenensis (49976 70469) Mya uzenensis (70471)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Mya truncata (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Mya truncata (186031)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greenland Mya truncata (75104)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Mya truncata (214287)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium Mya truncata (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greenland Mya truncata (75099 75102)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Mya truncata (168757 231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom Mya truncata (34982)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (97963 97964 98038 98041)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (84760)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Iceland Mya pseudoarenaria (79978 79980)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Mya truncata (71142)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Greenland (Svartenhuk) Mya truncata (226638)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Mya truncata (75179 75180 75197 75200)
Middle Pleistocene (late glacial)0.774 - 0.129Canada (New Brunswick) Mya truncata (210895)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Mya truncata (202645 223313 223314 223316)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Mya truncata (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Mya truncata (64113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Mya truncata (75055 75056 75057)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Mya truncata (75121 75122 75123 75124 75125 75126 75127 75128 75129 75130 75131 75133 75134 75135 75136 75148 75149 75150 75151 75170 75173 75175 227027 227028 227029 227030 227031 227032 227033 227040 227041 227042)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Mya arenaria (61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Mya truncata (75490 75491 75517 75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Mya truncata (37632 41303)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) Mya truncata (51019 80133 80135)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Nova Scotia) Mya truncata (75074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Mya truncata (66338 66340 66342 66343 66349 66355 75073 80052)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Mya truncata (71059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mya truncata (37672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Sweden (Bohuslan) Mya truncata (140009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Mya truncata (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Mya truncata (37675 176670 176671)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (New Brunswick) Mya truncata (75072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland) Mya truncata (70839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (84832)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Mya truncata (227044 227045 227046)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (New Brunswick) Mya truncata (66532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Mya truncata (48462 48463 48464 48465 66508 66512 66524 73710 74986 74990 74991 74992 228756 229645) Mya truncata, Mya pseudoarenaria (74987 74988 74989)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Mya truncata (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) Mya truncata (66505)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Mya truncata (75201 75203 75204 75205 75206 75210 75213 75216 75217 75220 162555 162557 162558 162566 162568)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Mya truncata (66431 66432 66433 66435 66436 66437 66440 66448 66449 66450 66454 66480 66481 66482 66485 66486 66488 66492 66493 66500 80134)