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Mya (Arenomya) arenaria

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Taxonomy
Mya arenaria was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; Arctic Ocean-Florida.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria by MacNeil (1965), Abbott (1974) and Kafanov et al. (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mya arenaria Linnaeus p. 670
1857Mya japonica Jay p. 292
1860Mya arenaria Holmes p. 55
1940Mya arenaria Hatai p. 162
1942Mya arenaria japonica Weaver p. 253
1943Mya arenaria Gardner p. 138
1957Mya japonica Fujie p. 406
1965Mya (Arenomya) japonica MacNeil p. 31
1965Mya (Arenomya) arenaria MacNeil p. 33
1974Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Abbott p. 536
2001Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Kafanov et al.

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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)
speciesarenaria(Linnaeus 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.

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Mya japonica oonogai Makiyama 1934
Invalid names: Mya japonica Jay 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available