MolluscaBase - Mya ovalis F. A. Roemer, 1839 †

MolluscaBase name details

Mya ovalis F. A. Roemer, 1839 †

AphiaID

1899821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1899821)

Classification

Status

uncertain > unassessed (junior homonym of Mya ovalis Philipsson, 1788, nec W. Martin, 1809, nec W. Turton, 1822)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Mya ovalis F. A. Roemer, 1839 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Roemer, F.A. (1839). Die Versteinerungen des norddeutschen Oolithen-Gebirges. Ein Nachtrag. Hahn, Hannover, 59 pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=UNlAAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 42, pl. 19, fig. 28 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Germany

type locality contained in Germany [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mya ovalis F. A. Roemer, 1839 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1899821 on 2026-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2026-07-07 13:47:43Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Documented distribution (1)

original description Roemer, F.A. (1839). Die Versteinerungen des norddeutschen Oolithen-Gebirges. Ein Nachtrag. Hahn, Hannover, 59 pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=UNlAAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 42, pl. 19, fig. 28 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality