Myida
Sign in to saveMyida (formerly Myoida) is an order of saltwater and freshwater clams, marine and freshwater bivalve molluscs in the subclass Heterodonta. The order includes such bivalves as soft-shell clams, geoducks and shipworms.
Species
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderMyida
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 74
- Collections
- UCMP, SIO
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Canada, United States
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- Parent taxon
- Imparidentia
- Image
- Mya arenaria.jpg
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Myida (formerly Myoida) is an order of saltwater and freshwater clams, marine and freshwater bivalve molluscs in the subclass Heterodonta. The order includes such bivalves as soft-shell clams, geoducks and shipworms.
==Description== They are burrowing molluscs with well-developed siphons. The shell is relatively soft and lacks a nacreous layer. Some species have a single cardinal tooth.
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