Myoida

Myoida
Myoida
Soft-shelled clam, Mya arenaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Myoida
Stoliczka, 1870
Superfamilies and Families

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Myoida is an order of bivalve molluscs. They are burrowing molluscs, with well-developed siphons. The shell is relatively soft, and lacks a nacreous layer. Some species have a single cardinal tooth.[1]

The order includes such molluscs as soft-shell clams, geoducks, and shipworms.

Classification

References

  1. ^ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 431. ISBN 0-03-056747-5. 

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