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Mya
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Mya

Mya is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs 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.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Soft-shelled Clam

speciesMya arenaria

Truncate Softshell Clam

speciesMya truncata

Mya japonica

speciesMya japonica

False softshell

speciesMya pseudoarenaria

Mya baxteri

speciesMya baxteri

Mya uzenensis

speciesMya uzenensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81636.