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Mya Linnaeus, 1758

138211  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138211)

accepted
Genus
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Mya (Arenomya) Winckworth, 1930 · unaccepted (synonym)
Species Mya antarctica (Melvill & Standen, 1898)
Species Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997
Species Mya japonica Jay, 1857
Species Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
Species Mya rugata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †
Species Mya simplex (Hupé, 1854) †
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 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)
Species Mya australis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Paphies australis (Gmelin, 1791) (original 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 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 Wood, 1815 accepted as Gibbosula crassa (Wood, 1815) (original 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)
Species Mya donacina Spengler, 1793 accepted as Paphies donacina (Spengler, 1793)
Species Mya dubia Pennant, 1777 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Mya eideri Hopner 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) (original 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 Wood, 1828 accepted as Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)
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 Dall, 1898 accepted as Mya baxteri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 1997 (invalid: junior homonym of Mya intermedia J. Sowerby, 1814)
Species Mya intermedia J. Sowerby, 1814 † accepted as Panopea intermedia (J. Sowerby, 1814) † (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Species Mya labiata Maton, 1810 accepted as Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1801
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 Høpner Petersen, 1999 accepted as Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
Species Mya neouddevallensis Høpner 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 oblonga Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Lutraria oblonga (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mya oblongatus Wood, 1828 accepted as Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)
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 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 Callista (Callistina) plana (J. Sowerby, 1814) † accepted as Callistina plana (J. Sowerby, 1814) †
Species Mya praecisa 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 Wood, 1828 accepted as Elliptio complanata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Species Mya rostrata Spengler, 1793 accepted as Cuspidaria rostrata (Spengler, 1793)
Species Mya rotunda Wood, 1828 accepted as Obovaria subrotunda Rafinesque, 1820
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 Wood, 1828 accepted as Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
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 accepted as Basterotia elliptica (Récluz, 1850)
Species Mya solemyalis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Entodesma solemyalis (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
Species Mya striata Montagu, 1816 accepted as Lyonsia norwegica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803 accepted as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) (original combination)
Species Mya subovata S. Woodward, 1833 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mya subtruncata S. Woodward, 1833 accepted as Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Species Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Prisodon syrmatophorus (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mya tellinoides 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, basionym)
Species Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted, original combination)

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 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 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 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. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mya Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138211 on 2023-05-29
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 670 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [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  PDF available [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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Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
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afgeknotte (strand)gaper Mya truncata
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Mya truncata (fresh)
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Mya truncata (above) and Panomya norvegica (below)
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Panomya norvegica (above) and Mya truncata (below)
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