Mya (Mya) salmonensis Clark 1932

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

Alternative combination: Mya salmonensis

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1932. Fauna of the Poul and Yakataga Formations (Upper Oligocene) of Southern Alaska. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43:797-846

Belongs to Mya (Mya) according to F. S. MacNeil 1965

See also Kafanov et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Mya (Mya) cuneiformis, Mya (Mya) ochotica, Mya (Mya) pseudoarenaria, Mya (Mya) pullus, Mya (Mya) truncata

Type specimen: UCMP 30397, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3851 Salmon Creek, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Poul Creek Formation of Alaska.

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Alaska collections)

• Eocene of Japan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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