Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Myoidea: Myidae

Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758

Range: 82°N to 42°N; 70°W to 30.5°W
Depth: 2 to 46 m (live 2 to 40 m)

Synonymy

Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
Mya ovalis Turton, 1822
Sphenia swainsoni Turton, 1822
Mya pulla J. de C. Sowerby, 1826
Mya gibbosa Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
Mya pelagica King, 1846
Mya uddevallensis Forbes, 1846
Mya praecisa Gould, 1850
Mya abbreviata Jeffreys, 1865
Mya maxima Verkrüzen, 1881

Details

Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758, p. 670, It. wgoth. n. 3, t. 5, f. 3; List. angl. t. 5, f. 36; Gualt. test. 91, f. D]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: O. Europaeo
Range: 82°N to 42°N; 70°W to 30.5°W
Depth: 2 to 46 m (live 2 to 40 m)
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, East Greenland; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Georges Bank
References: Posselt (1896) D; Schiötte (1989) {D}dLlNE

Mya abbreviata Jeffreys, 1865,
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Mya gibbosa Broderip & Sowerby, 1829,
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s?

Mya maxima Verkrüzen, 1881a,
[Synonym]
Distribution: Canada: Newfoundland

Mya ovalis Turton, 1822,
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Non Pulteney, 1799.

Mya pelagica King, 1846,
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Mya praecisa Gould, 1850,
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Mya pulla J. de C. Sowerby, 1826,
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Sphenia swainsoni Turton, 1822,
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Mya uddevalensis sic,
[Not available]
Comments: Misspelling of uddevallensis by Matthew (1874).

Mya uddevallensis Forbes, 1846,
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Hancock (1846)
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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