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Myoida

Myoida
Mya arenaria.jpg
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:


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