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Mya (Arenomya)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Arenomya Winkworth
1965Mya (Arenomya) MacNeil p. 25
2002Arenomya Sepkoski
2003Mya (Arenomya) 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
subgenusArenomya(Winkworth 1930)

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 (Arenomya) Winkworth 1930
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Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 [soft-shelled clam]
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Mya japonica oonogai Makiyama 1934
Invalid names: Mya japonica Jay 1857 [synonym]
Mya (Arenomya) arrosis MacNeil 1965
Mya (Arenomya) elegans Eichwald 1871
Mya (Arenomya) ezoensis Nagao and Inoue 1941
Mya (Arenomya) fujiei MacNeil 1965
Mya (Arenomya) grewingki Makiyama 1934
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Mya grewingki elongata Nagao and Inoue 1941
Invalid names: Mya kusiroensis Nagao and Inoue 1941 [synonym]
Mya (Arenomya) kusiroensis Nagao and Inoue 1941
Mya (Arenomya) marujamensis Zhidkova 1994
Mya (Arenomya) nucleoides Wilckens 1911
Mya (Arenomya) profundior Grant and Gale 1931
Mya (Arenomya) ugolnensis Devjatilova and Volobueva 1981
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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

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 (176 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation Mya grewingki (70564)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) Mya sowerbyi, Mya nucleoides (63549)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica (Seymour Island) Mya nucleoides (63551)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Japan Mya ezoensis (70900 70901)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Japan Mya ezoensis (70903)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica (Seymour Island) Mya nucleoides (63552)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Antarctica Mya nucleoides (72370 72387 72389 72394 72395 72396 72397)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Japan Mya grewingki (71029 71035 71036 71038) Mya kusiroensis (71045)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Mya kusiroensis (38988 39000 39002 39003)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) Mya nucleoides (63553)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Mya grewingki (70463 70518) Mya ugolnensis (45430)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan Mya grewingki (70734 70739 70740 70741 70745 70746 70753 70757)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Mya profundior (49980)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Russian Federation Mya arenaria, Mya grewingki (50133)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Japan (Fukushima) Mya grewingki (32038)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Mya grewingki (44100)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Mya grewingki (50041 50050)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation Mya kusiroensis (45442 45443 45444)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Mya grewingki (37651 37664 37665 37669)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina Mya nucleoides (65184)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Mya arenaria (69023)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan Mya japonica (44960)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Mya grewingki, Mya profundior (50037)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Mya arenaria (70562 70568) Mya marujamensis (70446)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Mya fujiei (44936 44988)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Mya elegans (37392 37393 37398 37400 37401 37406 37415)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Russian Federation Mya profundior (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Mya dickersoni (164674)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Mya arenaria (79756)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation Mya arenaria (70476) Mya grewingki (70567)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Mya dickersoni (19342)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Mya arenaria (194803 194894)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Mya profundior (50042)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Antarctica Panopea nucleoides (41583)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Mya japonica (83595 220178)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Mya arenaria (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Mya arenaria (68979)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Niigata) Mya japonica (89861)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Mya arenaria (84759 84764 84798 84819)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Mya arenaria (238459)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Niigata) Mya japonica (101021)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium Mya arenaria (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Mya arenaria (59316 59317 69043)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Mya arenaria (97967 98033 98034 98035 98036 98037 98038 98039 98040 98107)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Yamaguchi) Mya japonica (62300)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Mya arenaria (69029)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Alaska) Mya arenaria (38011)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) Mya arenaria (66377)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Mya arenaria (203376)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan Mya japonica (96947)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Mya arenaria (66701)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Mya arenaria (66600 66603 66604 66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Mya arenaria (84833)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Mya arenaria (66746)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Labrador) Mya arenaria (197059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland) Mya arenaria (70839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Quebec) Mya arenaria (80041 80042 80135 81686)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Mya arenaria (61270 80045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Mya arenaria (66757 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Mya arenaria (66706 66720 66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Mya arenaria (61267 61268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (New Brunswick) Mya arenaria (75072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Mya arenaria (96943 96944)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Vermont) Mya arenaria (66360 66361 66366)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Mya arenaria (66337 66338 66342 66343 66344 66349 66352 66354 66355 66356 75070 80028 80052 104049)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Mya arenaria (75490 75491 75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Mya arenaria (57704)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Mya arenaria (127640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Mya arenaria (81751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Mya arenaria (41301 41302)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Mya arenaria (84832)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Mya arenaria (71059)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Mya arenaria (122450 176524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Mya japonica (51310)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Mya arenaria (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Mya arenaria (66430 66434 66436 66441 66482 66495 66500)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Mya arenaria (66508)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (New Brunswick) Mya arenaria (66530 66531 66532 66537)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Massachusetts) Mya arenaria (122440 176525)