Mya truncata

Mya truncata
Shell of Mya truncata, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Superfamily: Myoidea
Family: Myidae
Genus: Mya
Species:
M. truncata
Binomial name
Mya truncata
Synonyms
  • Mya ovalis Turton, 1822
  • Sphenia swainsoni Turton, 1822
  • Mya uddevalensis Hancock, 1846

Mya truncata, common name the blunt gaper or truncate softshell, is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae.


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