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Taxonomy
Mya arenaria was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; Arctic Ocean-Florida.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria by MacNeil (1965), Abbott (1974), Kafanov et al. (2001).
It was recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria by MacNeil (1965), Abbott (1974), Kafanov et al. (2001).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Mya arenaria Linnaeus p. 670 |
| 1857 | Mya japonica Jay p. 292 |
| 1860 | Mya arenaria Holmes p. 55 |
| 1940 | Mya arenaria Hatai p. 162 |
| 1942 | Mya arenaria japonica Weaver p. 253 |
| 1943 | Mya arenaria Gardner p. 138 |
| 1957 | Mya japonica Fujie p. 406 |
| 1965 | Mya (Arenomya) japonica MacNeil p. 31 |
| 1965 | Mya (Arenomya) arenaria MacNeil p. 33 |
| 1974 | Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Abbott p. 536 |
| 2001 | Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Kafanov et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758
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†Mya japonica oonogai Makiyama 1934
Invalid names: Mya japonica Jay 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Collections (111 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oligocene | Russian Federation | Mya arenaria (50133) | |
| Langhian | Japan | Mya japonica (44960) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Mya arenaria (69023) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation | Mya arenaria (70562 70568) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Virginia) | Mya arenaria (79756) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation | Mya arenaria (70476) | |
| Messinian | USA (California) | Mya arenaria (194803 194894) | |
| Pliocene | USA (California) | Mya japonica (83595 220178) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Mya arenaria (59003) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mya arenaria (68979) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Niigata) | Mya japonica (89861) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mya arenaria (84759 84764 84798 84819) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | Mya arenaria (238459) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan (Niigata) | Mya japonica (101021) | |
| Gelasian | Belgium | Mya arenaria (86807) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Mya arenaria (38011) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Mya japonica (62300) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mya arenaria (59316 59317 69043) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mya arenaria (97967 98033 98034 98035 98036 98037 98038 98039 98040 98107) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Mya arenaria (69029) | |
| Pleistocene | Japan | Mya japonica (96947) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mya arenaria (84833) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Mya arenaria (203376) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Delaware) | Mya arenaria (66701) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Mya arenaria (66377) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Mya arenaria (66600 66603 66604 66621 66622) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Labrador) | Mya arenaria (197059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | Mya arenaria (71059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mya arenaria (66746) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Mya arenaria (75490 75491 75526) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (New Brunswick) | Mya arenaria (75072) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Mya arenaria (66706 66720 66721) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alaska) | Mya arenaria (41301 41302) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Mya arenaria (57704) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Mya arenaria (61270 80045) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Vermont) | Mya arenaria (66360 66361 66366) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Mya arenaria (96943 96944) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mya arenaria (84832) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Newfoundland) | Mya arenaria (70839) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Mya arenaria (61267 61268) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Mya arenaria (66757 66760) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Mya arenaria (127640) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Quebec) | Mya arenaria (80041 80042 80135 81686) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maine) | Mya arenaria (66337 66338 66342 66343 66344 66349 66352 66354 66355 66356 75070 80028 80052 104049) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (New York) | Mya arenaria (81751) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Mya arenaria (66430 66434 66436 66441 66482 66495 66500) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Mya arenaria (51005) | |
| Holocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Mya arenaria (122440 176525) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Mya arenaria (66508) | |
| Holocene | USA (Maine) | Mya arenaria (122450 176524) | |
| Holocene | Canada (New Brunswick) | Mya arenaria (66530 66531 66532 66537) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Mya japonica (51310) |