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Mya
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Depth range based on 3568 specimens in 4 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 164 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): -99 - 329
Temperature range (°C): -1.212 - 23.720
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.325 - 14.768
Salinity (PPS): 6.151 - 36.080
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.747 - 8.304
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.081 - 1.384
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 26.913
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Depth range (m): -99 - 329
Temperature range (°C): -1.212 - 23.720
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.325 - 14.768
Salinity (PPS): 6.151 - 36.080
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.747 - 8.304
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.081 - 1.384
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 26.913
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Mya (Mya, Ensis, Macoma, Solemya) is prey of:
Cerebratulus
Nereis
Glycera
Polinices
Nassarius
Limulus
Pagurus
Cancer
Myoxocephalus
Tautogolabrus
Pseudopleuronectes
Asterias
Based on studies in:
USA: Massachusetts, Cape Ann (Littoral, Mudflat)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
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Mya (Mya, Ensis, Macoma, Solemya) preys on:
plankton
detritus
Based on studies in:
USA: Massachusetts, Cape Ann (Littoral, Mudflat)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
- R. W. Dexter, The marine communities of a tidal inlet at Cape Ann, Massachusetts: a study in bio-ecology, Ecol. Monogr. 17:263-294, from p. 284 (1947).
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Arenomya Winckworth, 1930 is a valid genus according to Nordsieck (1969), but a valid subgenus of Mya according to Macneil (1965), Strauch (1972) and Bernard (1979a)
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:208
Specimens with Sequences:67
Specimens with Barcodes:54
Species:2
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:33
Public Species:2
Public BINs:2
Mya is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Myidae.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Mya include:[1]
- Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Mya baxteri Coan & Scott, 1997
- Mya eideri Hopner Petersen, 1999
- Mya neoovata Hopner Petersen, 1999
- Mya neouddevallensis Hopner Petersen, 1999
- Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931
- Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
References[edit]
- ^ Serge Gofas (2011). "Mya Linnaeus, 1758". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
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