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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Mollusks
  4. Bivalves
  5. Imparidentia
  6. Myida

order

Myida

Myida

Includes
27 native 3 introduced 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Myida (formerly Myoida) is an order of saltwater and freshwater clams, marine and freshwater bivalve molluscs in the subclass Heterodonta. The order includes such bivalves as soft-shell clams, geoducks and shipworms.

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Children

  • Pholadoidea 17 native
  • Myoidea 9 native
  • Dreissenoidea 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native Myida All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Soft-shelled Clam Mya arenaria 9,434 observations
  • Rough Piddock Zirfaea pilsbryi 1,961 observations
  • Scale-sided Piddock Parapholas californica 1,493 observations
  • Boring Softshell Clam Platyodon cancellatus 608 observations
  • Wart-necked Piddock Chaceia ovoidea 440 observations
  • Flat-tip Piddock Penitella penita 294 observations
  • Pacific Mud-piddock Barnea subtruncata 12 observations
  • Abalone Piddock Penitella conradi 8 observations

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