MolluscaBase name details
Mya (Arenomya) elegans (Eichwald, 1871)
1887456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1887456)
unaccepted > junior homonym
Species
Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930 accepted as Mya Linnaeus, 1758
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Anatina elegans Eichwald, 1871) Eichwald, E. von. (1871). Geognostisch-palaeontologische Bemerkungen über die Halbinsel Mangischlak und die Aleutischen Inseln. St. Petersburg, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15582532
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mya (Arenomya) elegans (Eichwald, 1871). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1887456 on 2026-06-06
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(of Anatina elegans Eichwald, 1871) Eichwald, E. von. (1871). Geognostisch-palaeontologische Bemerkungen über die Halbinsel Mangischlak und die Aleutischen Inseln. St. Petersburg, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15582532
page(s): 119 [details]
basis of record MacNeil F.S. (1965). Evolution and distribution of the genus Mya and Tertiary migrations of Mollusca. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 483-G, 1–51., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp483g
page(s): 29, pl. 2, fig. 3, 4, 6-8, 12; pl. 3, fiug. 1, 4 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 406-407, photos 450-452 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 119 [details]
basis of record MacNeil F.S. (1965). Evolution and distribution of the genus Mya and Tertiary migrations of Mollusca. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 483-G, 1–51., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp483g
page(s): 29, pl. 2, fig. 3, 4, 6-8, 12; pl. 3, fiug. 1, 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scarlato, O. A. (1981). Двустворчатые моллюски умеренных вод северо-западной части Тихого океана. Bivalve molluscs of the temperate latitudes of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Определители по фауне СССР. Guides to the fauna of the USSR.</em> 126: Nauka, Leningrad, 479 pp.
page(s): 406-407, photos 450-452 [details] Available for editors
[request]