Mya tigilensis Kristofovich 1947 (softshell clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Belongs to Mya according to A. I. Kafanov et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Mya (Arenomya), Mya (Geramya), Mya (Mya), Mya convexa, Mya cuneiformis, Mya dilata, Mya ilyinensis, Mya kovatschensis, Mya majanatschensis, Mya montereyana, Mya producta, Mya sachalinensis, Mya schweinfurthi, Mya simplex, Mya virgo, Mya wilsoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Marine Bivalvia of Snatol'skaya Suite in western Kamchatka (Eocene to Eocene of Russian Federation)

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