- Mya truncata
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Mya truncata 
Whole animal and left valve of the shell, from the North Sea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Myoida Family: Myidae Genus: Mya Species: M. truncata Binomial name Mya truncata
Linnaeus, 1758Mya truncata, common name the "blunt gaper", is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae.
One valve of Mya truncata from North Wales
Shells of Mya truncata in subrecent sediments on the coast of Spitsbergen. Walrusses feed on these clams by raking the mud with their tusks and sieving out the clamsReferences
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