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Mya Linnaeus, 1758
138211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138211)
accepted
Genus
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Arenomya Winckworth, 1930 · unaccepted
Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mya (Geramya) Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 † · alternative representation
Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 † · unaccepted > unavailable name (ICZN Art. 20 discarding names...)
ICZN Art. 20 discarding names formed with suffix "-ites" to denote fossils
- Species Mya antarctica (Melvill & Standen, 1898)
- Species Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997
- Species Mya ekelofi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †
- Species Mya japonica J. C. Jay, 1857
- Species Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
- Species Mya rugata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †
- Species Mya simplex (Hupé, 1854) †
- Species Mya sowerbyi Zinsmeister, 1984 †
- Species Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya uzenensis Nomura & Zinbo, 1937
- Species Mya virgo K. Martin, 1879 †
- Subgenus Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930 accepted as Mya Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Species Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya (Arenomya) baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 accepted as Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997
- Species Mya (Arenomya) nucleoides (Wilckens, 1910) † accepted as Mya nucleoides (Wilckens, 1910) † accepted as Panopaea nucleoides Wilckens, 1910 † accepted as Panopea nucleoides Wilckens, 1910 †
- Species Mya (Arenomya) sowerbyi Zinsmeister, 1984 † accepted as Mya sowerbyi Zinsmeister, 1984 †
- Subgenus Mya (Platyodon) Conrad, 1837 accepted as Platyodon Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Mya abrupta Conrad, 1849 accepted as Panopea abrupta (Conrad, 1849) † (original combination)
- Species Mya acuta Say, 1822 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya alba Agassiz, 1839 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya anatina Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mya angulata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Anatinella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mya anserifera Spengler, 1793 accepted as Laternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Exolaternula spengleri (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mya antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1914 accepted as Mya antarctica (Melvill & Standen, 1898)
- Species Mya arctica Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) (original combination)
- Species Mya atlantica Spengler, 1793 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) (junior objective synonym)
- Species Mya australis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
- Species Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807 accepted as Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 (a junior synonym)
- Species Mya bidentata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
- Species Mya binghami (W. Turton, 1822) accepted as Sphenia binghami W. Turton, 1822
- Species Mya byssifera O. Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mya cancellata Conrad, 1837 accepted as Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad, 1837) (original combination)
- Species Mya cimmeria Andrusov, 1890 † accepted as Sphenia anatina cimmeria (Andrusov, 1890) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mya communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya complanata [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Species Mya convexa W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Thracia convexa (W. Wood, 1815)
- Species Mya corpulenta Conrad, 1845 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya corrugata O. F. Müller, 1774 accepted as Parreysia corrugata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (original combination)
- Species Mya crassa W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Gibbosula crassa (W. Wood, 1815) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mya crispata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Mya declivis Pennant, 1777 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya decussata Montagu, 1808 accepted as Petricola lithophaga (Retzius, 1788)
- Species Mya depressa Donovan, 1801 accepted as Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788 (a junior synonym)
- Species Mya distorta Montagu, 1803 accepted as Thracia distorta (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Ixartia distorta (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Mya donacina Spengler, 1793 accepted as Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793) (superseded combination)
- Species Mya dubia Pennant, 1777 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Mya eideri G. H. Petersen, 1999 accepted as Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
- Species Mya elongata Locard, 1886 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya erodona Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1801
- Species Mya ferruginea [sic] accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) (misspelling by Gray, 1847)
- Species Mya ferruginosa Montagu, 1808 accepted as Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mya gaditana Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Mya gigas [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778)
- Species Mya glycimeris Born, 1778 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778)
- Species Mya gravis W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mya guinensis Spengler, 1793 accepted as Tugonia anatina (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mya hemphilli Newcomb, 1874 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya hispanica R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Mya hyalina Conrad, 1831 accepted as Lyonsia hyalina (Conrad, 1831)
- Species Mya inaequivalvis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
- Species Mya inopia G. D. Hanna, 1924 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Mya intermedia J. Sowerby, 1814 † accepted as Panopea intermedia (J. Sowerby, 1814) † (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Mya intermedia Dall, 1898 accepted as Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Mya intermedia J. Sowerby, 1814; M. baxteri is a replacement name)
- Species Mya labiata Maton, 1811 accepted as Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mya lata J. Sowerby, 1815 † accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya lutraria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Mya mercenaria Say, 1822 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya mindorensis A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Mya neoovata G. H. Petersen, 1999 accepted as Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
- Species Mya neouddevallensis G. H. Petersen, 1999 accepted as Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
- Species Mya nicobarica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Anatinella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mya nitens Montagu, 1808 accepted as Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808) (original combination)
- Species Mya nitida O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Abra nitida (O. F. Müller, 1776) (original combination)
- Species Mya nitida O. Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Species Mya nodulosa W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Aculamprotula nodulosa (W. Wood, 1815) (original name)
- Species Mya norvegica Spengler, 1793 accepted as Panomya norvegica (Spengler, 1793)
- Species Mya norwegica Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Species Mya nucleoides (Wilckens, 1910) † accepted as Panopaea nucleoides Wilckens, 1910 † accepted as Panopea nucleoides Wilckens, 1910 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mya oblonga Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lutraria magna (da Costa, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mya oblongatus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mya oonogai Makiyama, 1935 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya orbiculata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Mya ovalis W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya ovalis Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Species Mya ovalis Philipsson, 1788 sensu W. Martin, 1809 † accepted as Carbonicola martini Trueman & Weir, 1947 † (unaccepted > misapplication)
- Species Mya papyracea Spengler, 1793 accepted as Anatinella nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mya particolor Perry, 1811 accepted as Panopea glycimeris (Born, 1778)
- Species Mya pellucida T. Brown, 1818 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Mya pholadia Montagu, 1803 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777)
- Species Mya picea W. Wood, 1815 accepted as Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler, 1793)
- Species Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Mya plana J. Sowerby, 1814 † accepted as Erodona plana (J. Sowerby, 1814) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mya praecisa A. Gould, 1850 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya praetenuis Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
- Species Mya priapus Tilesius, 1822 accepted as Panomya priapus (Tilesius, 1822)
- Species Mya pubescens Pulteney, 1799 accepted as Thracia pubescens (Pulteney, 1799)
- Species Mya pullus J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 accepted as Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808 accepted as Turtonia minuta (O. Fabricius, 1780)
- Species Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808 sensu W. Turton, 1822 accepted as Hiatella rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (misapplication)
- Species Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
- Species Mya rigidus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mya rostrata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)
- Species Mya rotunda W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Obovaria subrotunda Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Indonaia rugosa (Gmelin, 1791) (basionym)
- Species Mya rugosa F. A. Roemer, 1836 † accepted as Mactromya concentrica (Münster, 1841) † (junior homonym of Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791; subjective synonym)
- Species Mya rugulosus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mya semistriata Hanley, 1842 accepted as Cryptomya semistriata (Hanley, 1842)
- Species Mya siliqua Spengler, 1793 accepted as Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler, 1793)
- Species Mya simplex Holmes, 1858 (unaccepted)
- Species Mya solemyalis Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Mya striata Montagu, 1816 (unaccepted)
- Species Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Mya subovata S. Woodward, 1833 (unaccepted)
- Species Mya subtruncata S. Woodward, 1833 (unaccepted)
- Species Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mya tellinoides J. Hall, 1845 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mya tenuis R. A. Philippi, 1887 (unaccepted)
- Species Mya tugon Deshayes, 1830 (unaccepted)
- Species Mya uddevalensis Hancock, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Mya variabilis Maton, 1811 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Subgenus Mya (Geramya) Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 † (alternative representation)
- Species Mya (Geramya) ekelofi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 † represented as Mya ekelofi Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †
- Subgenus Mya (Antiguamya) Effinger, 1938 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya angulifera J. Sowerby, 1819 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya angustata J. De C. Sowerby, 1826 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya conglobata Brocchi, 1814 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya decussata Contejean, 1860 † (uncertain > unassessed, junior homonym of Mya decussata Montagu, 1808)
- Species Mya depressa J. De C. Sowerby, 1823 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya divaricata G. B. Sowerby II, 1875 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
- Species Mya edentula Pallas, 1771 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Mya elongata Brocchi, 1814 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya fimbriata Contejean, 1860 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya gibbosa J. De C. Sowerby, 1823 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya glabrata Brocchi, 1814 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya gregarea J. Sowerby, 1822 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya mandibula J. Sowerby, 1813 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya membranacea Gmelin, 1791 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Mya nodulosa Lamarck, 1819 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Mya ornata Basterot, 1825 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya parvula Dunker, 1847 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya plicata J. De C. Sowerby, 1823 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya rustica Brocchi, 1814 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya subangulata J. Sowerby, 1814 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mya vscripta J. Sowerby, 1819 † (uncertain > unassessed)
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930) Winckworth, R. (1930). Notes on nomenclature 5. Some new names for British marine bivalves. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 19: 14-15. [13 March 1930]. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
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original description (of Mya (Geramya) Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †) Stilwell, J. D.; Zinsmeister, W. J. (1992). Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series 55. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., ix + 192 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR055
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Children J. G. (1822-1823). Lamarck's genera of shells. <i>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (London)</i>, 14(27): 64-87, pl. 3-4 [ottobre 1822]; 14(28): 298-322, pl. 5-6 [gennaio 1823]; 15(29): 23-52, pl. 2-3 [aprile 1823]; 15(30): 216-258, pl. 7-8 [luglio 1823]; 16 (31): 49-79, pl. 5 [ottobre 1823]; 16 (32): 241-264, pl. 6 [dicembre 1823]. [Vedi anche Kennard, Salisbury & Woodward, 1931], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14496865 [details]
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[request]original description (of Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930) Winckworth, R. (1930). Notes on nomenclature 5. Some new names for British marine bivalves. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 19: 14-15. [13 March 1930]. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Myacites Schlotheim, 1820 †) Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y
page(s): 176 [details]
original description (of Mya (Geramya) Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †) Stilwell, J. D.; Zinsmeister, W. J. (1992). Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series 55. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., ix + 192 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR055
page(s): 86 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Children J. G. (1822-1823). Lamarck's genera of shells. <i>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (London)</i>, 14(27): 64-87, pl. 3-4 [ottobre 1822]; 14(28): 298-322, pl. 5-6 [gennaio 1823]; 15(29): 23-52, pl. 2-3 [aprile 1823]; 15(30): 216-258, pl. 7-8 [luglio 1823]; 16 (31): 49-79, pl. 5 [ottobre 1823]; 16 (32): 241-264, pl. 6 [dicembre 1823]. [Vedi anche Kennard, Salisbury & Woodward, 1931], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14496865 [details]
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Authority The name Mya was placed on the Official List by ICZN Opinion 94. [details]Classification Arenomya Winckworth, 1930 is a valid genus according to Nordsieck (1969), but a valid subgenus of Mya according to Macneil (1965), Strauch (1972) and Bernard (1979a) [details]
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