Mya truncata | |
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Shell of Mya truncata, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Myida |
Superfamily: | Myoidea |
Family: | Myidae |
Genus: | Mya |
Species: | M. truncata
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Binomial name | |
Mya truncata | |
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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.