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Myidae
Sign in to saveMyidae, common name the softshell clams, is a taxonomic family of marine bivalve molluscs in the order Myida.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Myidae is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Bivalvia and Myida.
It sits within the topics Bivalve families, Myidae and Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
gaper clams
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderMyida
- FamilyMyidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 179
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Myidae
- Collections
- LACM, SDNHM, PRI, NMMNHS, UCMP, UF
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Myidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Myidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Myidae
- taxon common name
- Klaffmuscheln
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Genera
- References
Myidae, common name the softshell clams, is a taxonomic family of marine bivalve molluscs in the order Myida.
==Genera== Genera within the family Myidae include: Cryptomya (Conrad, 1848) Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837) – California softshell Indosphenia (Oliver, Hallan & Jayachandran, 2018) Indosphenia kayalum (Oliver, Hallan & Jayachandran, 2018) Mya Linnaeus, 1758 Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 – soft-shell clam Mya baxteri Coan and Scott, 1997 Mya elegans (Eichwald, 1871) Mya japonica Jay, 1856 Mya priapus (Tilesius, 1822) Mya profundior Grant and Gale, 1931 Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931 Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 Mya uzenensis Nomura and Zimbo, 1937 Paramya Conrad, 1860 Paramya subovata (Conrad, 1845) Platyodon Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad, 1837) – boring softshell Sphenia Turton, 1822 Sphenia antillensis Dall and Simpson, 1901 Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822 Sphenia luticola (Valenciennes, 1846) Sphenia ovoidea Carpenter, 1864 Sphenia sincera Hanks and Packer, 1985 Sphenia tumida J. E. Lewis, 1968
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