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Mya (Mya) truncata

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Taxonomy
Mya truncata was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata by Grant and Gale (1931), MacNeil (1965), Marincovich (1988), Kafanov et al. (2001), Kafanov et al. (2005) and Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. scripta, M. ekeloti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mya truncata Linnaeus p. 670
1931Mya (Mya) truncata Grant and Gale pp. 414-415
1957Mya truncata Fujie p. 399
1965Mya (Mya) truncata MacNeil p. 38
1988Mya (Mya) truncata Marincovich p. 12
2001Mya (Mya) truncata Kafanov et al.
2005Mya (Mya) truncata Kafanov et al. p. 6
2021Mya (Mya) truncata Hendy

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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
speciestruncata(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.

Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758
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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: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (185 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan Mya truncata (70424)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Alaska) Mya truncata (166447)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Alaska) Mya truncata (195956 195959 195962 195964)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Mya truncata (50172)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Mya truncata (70422)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Alaska) Mya truncata (67915 67918)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Mya truncata (37388 37390 37393 37395 37401 37402 37405 37406 37409 37415 37416)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Russian Federation Mya truncata (49978)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Mya truncata (70479)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Mya truncata (194894)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Mya truncata (97209)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Mya truncata (71148)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Mya truncata (50042)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (84763 84795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Mya truncata (49976 70469)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Mya truncata (86803 86804 86805 86806)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Mya truncata (186031)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Mya truncata (214287)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Mya truncata (86807)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Mya truncata (75104)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greenland Mya truncata (75099 75102)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (97963 97964 98038 98041)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom Mya truncata (34982)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Mya truncata (71142)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (84760)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Greenland (Svartenhuk) Mya truncata (226637 226638)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Mya truncata (202645 223313 223314 223316)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Mya truncata (75179 75180 75197 75200)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Mya truncata (178118)
Middle Pleistocene (late glacial)0.774 - 0.129Canada (New Brunswick) Mya truncata (210895)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Mya truncata (37632 41303)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Mya arenaria (61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Mya truncata (227044 227045 227046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Mya truncata (75055 75056 75057)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Mya truncata (84832)
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 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Mya truncata (75490 75491 75517 75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mya truncata (37672)
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 - 0.0117Greenland 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 (Maine) Mya truncata (66338 66340 66342 66343 66349 66355 75073 80052)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland) Mya truncata (70839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Sweden (Bohuslan) Mya truncata (140009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Mya truncata (64113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Mya truncata (71059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (New Brunswick) Mya truncata (75072)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Manitoba) Mya truncata (66505)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Mya truncata (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (New Brunswick) Mya truncata (66532)
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 (Nunavut) Mya truncata (48462 48463 48464 48465 66508 66512 66524 73710 74986 74987 74988 74989 74990 74991 74992 228756 229645)
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)