Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Bivalvia - (Order) Myida - (Family) Myidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Myidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809

Original entries

Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Mya crispata Linnaeus, 1758
Mya lutraria Linnaeus, 1758
Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758
Mya perna Linnaeus, 1758
Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758
Mya vulsella Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Myinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809

Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 409.

Alternative positions

Myidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 402.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1112.

Historical positions

Myidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 402.
Myidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: P. Bouchet et al., 2001: 210.
Myinae (Subfamily) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 409.
Heteroconchia (Subclass) Gray, 1854	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 206. [rough position]
Myidae (Family) Lamarck, 1809	Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 1154.
Heterodonta (Order) Neumayr, 1884	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1073, 1112.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 670. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	5s
1982	K.J. Boss: 1154	5s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[8s]