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Soft Shelled Clam

Mya truncata Linnaeus 1758

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Mya truncata Linnaeus 1758
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mya ovalis
Species recognized by United States Species List
Mya praecisa
Species recognized by United States Species List
Mya truncata (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Femorale
Mya truncata Linnaeus 1758
Mya truncata Linnaeus 1758
Corbula gibbosa
Species recognized by Paleobiology Database
Corbula gibbosa Lea 1833
Species recognized by GBIF data coverage
Mya praecisa
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Mya praecisa Gould
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Mya pullus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Mya truncata
Mya truncata (L. 1758)
Species recognized by Shelled animal body mass
Mya truncata pelagica
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Mya truncata uddevallensis
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Sphenia swainsoni
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Corbula gibbosa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I 1829
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mya ovalis W. Turton 1822
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mya praecisa Gould 1850
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mya pullus J. de C. Sowerby 1826
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mya truncata pelagica W. King 1846
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mya truncata uddevallensis Forbes 1846
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mya truncata var. abbreviata Jeffreys 1865
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mya uddevalensis Hancock 1846
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Sphenia swainsoni W. Turton 1822
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Corbula gibbosa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I 1829
Mya ovalis W. Turton 1822
Mya praecisa Gould 1850
Mya pullus J. de C. Sowerby 1826
Mya truncata pelagica King 1846
Mya truncata uddevallensis Forbes 1846
Mya truncata var. abbreviata Jeffreys 1865
Mya uddevalensis Hancock 1846
Sphenia swainsoni W. Turton 1822
Corbula gibbosa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I 1829
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mya ovalis W. Turton 1822
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mya praecisa Gould 1850
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mya pullus J. de C. Sowerby 1826
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mya truncata pelagica W. King 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mya truncata uddevallensis Forbes 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mya truncata var. abbreviata Jeffreys 1865
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Mya uddevalensis Hancock 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Sphenia swainsoni W. Turton 1822
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Soft-shelled clam preferred
blunt gaper clam
blunt gaper
truncate softshell clam
truncate softshell

Danish

afstumpet sandmusling preferred

Dutch; Flemish

Afgeknotte gaper preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
afgeknotte gaper
afgeknotte strandgaper

French

Mye tronquée preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
mye tronquée preferred

German

Abgestutzte Klaffmuschel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

エゾオオノガイ preferred

Norwegian

kort sandskjel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
kort sandskjell preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

صدف کنارصاف preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Мия усеченная preferred

Arz

ميا ترونكاتا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vls

Ofgeknotte goaper preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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