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Taxonomy
Mya was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Myacidae by Glenn (1904) and Fujie (1957); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Myidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Ward (1992) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Myacidae by Glenn (1904) and Fujie (1957); to Myoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Myidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Ward (1992) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Mya Linnaeus |
| 1904 | Mya Glenn p. 283 |
| 1957 | Mya Fujie p. 383 |
| 1987 | Mya Ward and Blackwelder p. 131 |
| 1992 | Mya Ward p. 111 |
| 2002 | Hiatula Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Mya Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Mya Bouchet et al. |
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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.
G. Mya Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Mya (Arenomya) Winkworth 1930
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Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758
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†Mya japonica oonogai Makiyama 1934
Invalid names: Mya japonica Jay 1857 [synonym]
†Mya (Arenomya) arrosis MacNeil 1965
†Mya (Arenomya) dickersoni Clark 1915
†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) grewingki haboroensis Fujie 1957
†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
Subg. †Mya (Geramya) Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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†Mya (Geramya) ekelofi Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
Subg. Mya (Mya) Linnaeus 1758
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†Mya (Mya) cuneiformis Bohm 1915
†Mya (Mya) ochotica Ilyina 1957
Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria Schlesch 1931
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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
†Mya convexa Noda 1992
†Mya cuneiformis Böhm 1915
†Mya cuneiformis takigawensis Fujie 1957
†Mya dilata Phillips 1829
†Mya ilyinensis Sinelnikova 1991
†Mya kovatschensis Kristofovich 1947
†Mya majanatschensis Ilyina 1963
†Mya montereyana Conrad 1856
†Mya producta Conrad 1838
†Mya sachalinensis Kristofovich 1957
†Mya schweinfurthi Mayer-Eymar 1887
Mya simplex Holmes 1860
†Mya tigilensis Kristofovich 1947
†Mya virgo Martin 1879
†Mya wilsoni Ward 1992
Invalid names: Hiatula [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Holocene or 167.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 164.7 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 164.7 Ma
Collections (411 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Bathonian | France (Basse-Normandie) | M. scripta (49334) | |
| Barremian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | M. sp. (55861) | |
| Barremian | Canada (British Columbia) | M. sp. (88120 88121) | |
| Piripauan | New Zealand | M. sp. (78369 83521) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | M. sp. (89219) | |
| Ypresian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | M. sowerbyi, M. nucleoides, M. ekelofi (63549) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica | M. ekelofi (72401) M. ekeloti (72405) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | M. nucleoides, M. ekelofi (63551) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Russian Federation | M. uzenensis, M. grewingki, M. sachalinensis, M. cuneiformis (70564) | |
| Lutetian | Japan | M. ezoensis (70900 70901) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan | M. sp. (45620 45621) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Russian Federation | M. iljinensis, M. kovatschensis, M. tigilensis (50051) | |
| Middle Eocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | M. sp. (38498) | |
| Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | M. nucleoides, M. ekelofi (63552) | |
| Bartonian | Japan | M. ezoensis (70903) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | M. nucleoides (63553) | |
| Priabonian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | M. schweinfurthi (149316) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Oregon) | M. kusiroensis (38988 39000 39002 39003) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Japan | M. grewingki (71029 71035 71036 71038) M. kusiroensis (71045) M. truncata, M. convexa, M. salmonensis (70424) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Antarctica | M. nucleoides (72370 72387 72389 72394 72395 72396) M. nucleoides, M. ekelofi (72397) | |