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Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Taxonomy
Mya pseudoarenaria was named by Schlesch (1931) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic-Recent; North Pacific-North Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria by MacNeil (1965) and Khudik (1979); it was synonymized subjectively with Mya (Mya) uzenensis by Kafanov et al. (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. scripta, M. ekeloti

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch
1937Mya uzenensis Nomura and Zinbo
1965Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria MacNeil p. 37
1979Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria Khudik p. 92
2001Mya (Mya) uzenensis Kafanov et al.
2003Mya (Mya) uzenensis Kafanov and Ogasawara p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyMyoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMyidaeLamarck 1809
genusMyaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMyaLinnaeus 1758
speciespseudoarenaria(Schlesch 1931)

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.

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Invalid names: Mya (Mya) uzenensis Nomura and Zinbo 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:49:19
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:49:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Russian Federation Mya uzenensis (70564)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Mya uzenensis (70446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation Mya uzenensis (70476)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Russian Federation Mya uzenensis (50042)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation Mya pseudoarenaria (50080) Mya uzenensis (49976 70469 70471)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Iceland Mya pseudoarenaria (79978 79980)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Mya pseudoarenaria (74987 74988 74989)