Myidae,

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...

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Myida Myida (formerly Myoida) is an order of saltwater and freshwater clams, marine and freshwater bivalve molluscs in the subclass Heterodonta. The order includes such bivalves as soft-shell clams, geoducks and shipworms. Description They are burr ...

Genera

Genera within the family Myidae include: * '' Cryptomya'' (

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, 1848) **'' Cryptomya californica'' (

, 1837) – California softshell * '' Mya''

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Mya arenaria Soft-shell clams (American English) or sand gaper (British English/Europe), scientific name ''Mya arenaria'', popularly called "steamers", "softshells", "piss clams", "Ipswich clams", or "Essex clams" are a species of edible saltwater clam, a ...

– soft-shell clam ** '' Mya baxteri'' Coan and Scott, 1997 ** '' Mya elegans'' (

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, 1871) ** '' Mya japonica'' Jay, 1856 ** '' Mya priapus'' (

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, 1822) ** '' Mya profundior''

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and Gale, 1931 ** '' Mya pseudoarenaria'' Schlesch, 1931 ** '' Mya truncata''

** '' Mya uzenensis'' Nomura and Zimbo, 1937 * '' Paramya''

, 1860 ** '' Paramya subovata'' (

, 1845) * '' Platyodon'' **'' Platyodon cancellatus'' (

, 1837) – boring softshell * '' Sphenia'' Turton, 1822 ** '' Sphenia antillensis''

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and Simpson, 1901 ** '' Sphenia binghami'' Turton, 1822 ** '' Sphenia luticola'' (

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, 1846) ** '' Sphenia ovoidea''

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, 1864 ** '' Sphenia sincera'' Hanks and Packer, 1985 ** '' Sphenia tumida'' J. E. Lewis, 1968

References

* Bivalve families Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck {{bivalve-stub