Mya Linnaeus 1758
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Genus Mya Linnaeus, 1758
Mya Linnaeus, 1758: 670.
Hiatula Modeer, 1793: 178 (fide Keen, 1969: 691). Myarius Duméril, 1806: 168 (fide Keen, 1969: 691). Arenomya Winckworth, 1930: 15.
Diagnosis. Shell thick, gaping both anteriorly and posteriorly; sculpture of commarginal growth lines. Type species. Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 (by subsequent designation of Children, 1822) (ICZN Op. 94, Dir. 72; see ICZN 2011).
Remarks. Some authors recognize two subgenera, Arenomya and Mya (Bernard 1979; Habe 1977; Keen 1969; MacNeil 1965). However, Winckworth (1930) erected Arenomya without diagnosis only because “The marked conchological differences between adult Arenomya and Mya (type truncata L.) seem sufficient reason for giving this name” (Winckworth 1930: 15). Coan et al. (2000) argued that any character chosen for a subgeneric distinction would leave one or more species in a doubtful position. This view is followed here.
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- Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3915940 (DOI)
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.281734 (DOI)
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- Linnaeus, C. A. (1758) Caroli Linnaei, Equitis de Stella Polari, Archiatri Regii, Med. and Botan. Profess. Upsal.; Acad. Upsal. Holmens. Petropol. Berol. Imper. Lond. Monspel. Tolos. Florent. Soc. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima, reformata, 2 vols., paged continuously. Tomus I, Regnum Animale, [4] + p. 1 - 823 + [1 errata] p. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Lipsiae, Stockholm]. [In Latin.] [Reprinted by Unwin Brothers Ltd. Caroli Linnaei Systema Naturae. A photographic facsimile of the first volume of the 10 th edition (1758). Regnum Animale. London. Printed by order of the Trustees British Museum (Natural History) 1956.]
- Keen, A. M. (1969) Superfamily Myacea Lamarck, 1809. In Cox L. R. et al. (eds.), Part N [Bivalvia], Mollusca 6, vols. 1 and 2: 952 p. In R. C. Moore, (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. p. N 690 - N 699.
- Winckworth, R. (1930) Notes on nomenclature. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 19 (1), 14 - 15
- Children, J. G. (1822) [Anonymous] Art. VI. Lamarck's genera of shells translated from French by J. G. Children, F. R. S. with plates from original drawings, by Miss Anna Children. Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Arts, 14 (27): 64 - 86, pls. 3 - 4.
- Bernard, F. R. (1979) Identification of living Mya (Bivalvia: Myoida). Ve n us, The Japanese Journal of Malacology, 38 (3), 185 - 204.
- Habe, T. (1977) Systematics of Mollusca in Japan. Bivalvia and Scaphopoda. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 372 pp.
- MacNeil, F. S. (1965) Evolution and distribution of the genus Mya, and Tertiary migrations of Mollusca. United States, Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Professional Paper, 483 G, 1 - 51.
- Coan, E. V., Valentich-Scott, P. H. & Bernard, F. R. (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California. Studies in Biodiversity No. 2. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Monographs 2, 764 pp.