Mya simplex Holmes 1860 (softshell clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Full reference: F. S. Holmes. 1860. Post-Pleiocene Fossils of South Carolina. 1-122

Belongs to Mya according to F. S. Holmes 1860

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 tigilensis, Mya virgo, Mya wilsoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mya simplex in the database

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