Myidae, common name the softshell clams, is a taxonomic family of marine bivalve molluscs in the order Myida.
| Myidae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| The soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Myida |
| Superfamily: | Myoidea |
| Family: | Myidae Lamarck, 1809 |
| Genera | |
See text | |
Genera
editGenera within the family Myidae include:
- Cryptomya (Conrad, 1848)
- Cryptomya californica (Conrad, 1837) – California softshell
- Indosphenia (Oliver, Hallan & Jayachandran, 2018)
- Indosphenia kayalum (Oliver, Hallan & Jayachandran, 2018)
- Mya Linnaeus, 1758
- Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 – soft-shell clam
- Mya baxteri Coan and Scott, 1997
- Mya elegans (Eichwald, 1871)
- Mya japonica Jay, 1856
- Mya priapus (Tilesius, 1822)
- Mya profundior Grant and Gale, 1931
- Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
- Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
- Mya uzenensis Nomura and Zimbo, 1937
- Paramya Conrad, 1860
- Paramya subovata (Conrad, 1845)
- Platyodon
- Platyodon cancellatus (Conrad, 1837) – boring softshell
- Sphenia Turton, 1822
- Sphenia antillensis Dall and Simpson, 1901
- Sphenia binghami Turton, 1822
- Sphenia luticola (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Sphenia ovoidea Carpenter, 1864
- Sphenia sincera Hanks and Packer, 1985
- Sphenia tumida J. E. Lewis, 1968
References
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