Myidae
Encyclopedia
Myidae is a family
of bivalve molluscs in the order
Myoida
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of bivalve molluscs in the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Myoida
Myoida
Myoida is an order of bivalve molluscs. They are burrowing molluscs, with well-developed siphons. The shell is relatively soft, and lacks a nacreous layer...
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Genera
- Cryptomya (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1848)- Cryptomya californica (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1837) - California softshell
- Cryptomya californica (Conrad
- MyaMya (genus)Mya is a genus of bivalve molluscs, including seven species:*Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758*Mya baxteri Coan & Scott, 1997*Mya eideri Hopner Petersen, 1999*Mya neoovata Hopner Petersen, 1999*Mya neouddevallensis Hopner Petersen, 1999...
Linnaeus, 1758- Mya arenariaSoft-shell clamSoft-shell clams, scientific name Mya arenaria, popularly called "steamers", "softshells", "longnecks", "piss clams", "Ipswich clams", or "Essex clams" are a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae....
Linnaeus, 1758 - Soft-shell clamSoft-shell clamSoft-shell clams, scientific name Mya arenaria, popularly called "steamers", "softshells", "longnecks", "piss clams", "Ipswich clams", or "Essex clams" are a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae.... - Mya baxteri Coan and Scott, 1997
- Mya elegans (EichwaldKarl EichwaldKarl Eduard von Eichwald was a Russian geologist and physician.Eichwald was a Baltic German born at Mitau in Courland...
, 1871) - Mya japonica Jay, 1856
- Mya priapus (Tilesius, 1822)
- Mya profundior GrantUlysses S. Grant IVUlysses S. Grant IV , was the son of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. and the grandson of General of the Army and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant. He was an American geologist and paleontologist known for his work on the fossil mollusks of the California Pacific Coast...
and Gale, 1931 - Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
- Mya truncataMya truncataMya truncata, common name the "blunt gaper", is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae.-External links:*...
Linnaeus, 1758 - Mya uzenensis Nomura and Zimbo, 1937
- Mya arenaria
- Paramya ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1860- Paramya subovata (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1845)
- Paramya subovata (Conrad
- Platyodon
- Platyodon cancellatus (ConradTimothy Abbott ConradTimothy Abbott Conrad was an American geologist, malacologist and carcinologist.- External links :* at Internet Archive...
, 1837) - boring softshell
- Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad
- Sphenia TurtonWilliam TurtonWilliam Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
, 1822- Sphenia antillensis Dall and Simpson, 1901
- Sphenia binghami TurtonWilliam TurtonWilliam Turton was a British naturalist.Turton was born at Olveston, Gloucestershire and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He commenced in practice at Swansea, but devoted his leisure time to natural history, especially conchology...
, 1822 - Sphenia luticola (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1846) - Sphenia ovoidea CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1864 - Sphenia sincera Hanks and Packer, 1985
- Sphenia tumida J. E. Lewis, 1968