''Mya'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of saltwater clams, marine

bivalve Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

s in the family Myidae. They are widespread and abundant in northern waters. Commonly known as Ipswich clams, soft-shell clam or steamers, they are routinely used as a food source for humans.

Species

Species within the genus ''Mya'' include:Zhang, Junlong (Nov 2018) ''et al.'', A tale of two soft-shell clams: an integrative taxonomic analysis confirms ''Mya japonica'' as a valid species distinct from ''Mya arenaria'' (Bivalvia: Myidae). ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 184 (3): 605–622, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx107 *'' Mya arenaria''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

, 1758 *'' Mya baxteri'' Coan & Scott, 1997 *'' Mya eideri'' Hopner Petersen, 1999 *'' Mya japonica'' Jay, 1857 *'' Mya neoovata'' Hopner Petersen, 1999 *'' Mya neouddevallensis'' Hopner Petersen, 1999 *'' Mya pseudoarenaria'' Schlesch, 1931 *'' Mya truncata''

, 1758

References

Myidae Bivalve genera {{Bivalve-stub