Mya truncata
| Mya truncata | |
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| 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, 1758 | |
Mya truncata, common name the "blunt gaper", is a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae.
Gallery
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Mya truncata : a) foot b) siphon sheath c) exhalant siphon d) inhalant siphon e) umbones or beaks f) anterior g) posterior end of the shell
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Shell of Mya truncata from North Wales
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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 clams
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