Myoida | |
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A live individual of the 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 saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subclass Heterodonta. The order includes such bivalves as soft-shell clams, geoducks, and shipworms.
These are burrowing molluscs, with well-developed siphons. The shell is relatively soft, and lacks a nacreous layer. Some species have a single cardinal tooth.
Superfamilies and families within the Myoida include: