WoRMS taxon details
Myidae Lamarck, 1809
247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:247)
accepted
Family
Myacidae · unaccepted (Incorrect spelling)
- Subfamily Cryptomyinae T. Habe, 1977
- Subfamily Myinae Lamarck, 1809
- Genus Mya Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Platyodon Conrad, 1837
- Genus Tugonella Jousseaume, 1891
- Genus Tugonia J. E. Gray, 1842
- Genus Arenaria Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Scrobicularia Schumacher, 1815 (invalid: junior homonym of Arenaria Brisson, 1760 [Aves] and others)
- Genus Arenomya Winckworth, 1930 accepted as Mya Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Distugonia Iredale, 1936 accepted as Tugonia (Distugonia) Iredale, 1936 represented as Tugonia J. E. Gray, 1842 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Sphaenia [sic] accepted as Sphenia W. Turton, 1822 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Subfamily Spheniinae F. R. Bernard, 1983 accepted as Cryptomyinae T. Habe, 1977 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tugonia Récluz, 1846 accepted as Tugonia J. E. Gray, 1842 (synonym and homonym of Tugonia Gray, 1842, both based on Adanson's "Le Tugon")
marine, brackish
Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 319; note: Original spelling 'Les myaires' (vernacular). [details]
page(s): 319; note: Original spelling 'Les myaires' (vernacular). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Myidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=247 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 319; note: Original spelling 'Les myaires' (vernacular). [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
page(s): 131 [details]
page(s): 319; note: Original spelling 'Les myaires' (vernacular). [details]
basis of record Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184.
page(s): 131 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
