Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
---|---|---|---|
Mya antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1914 |
Western Atlantic | 1.6 | |
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 |
Softshell clam | Northwest Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Virginia, North Sea and European waters including the Black, Baltic, Wadden, White and Mediterranean seas, and northeast Pacific from San Francisco to Alaska | 10 |
Mya baxteri Coan & Scott, 1997 |
Deep softshell | East Pacific and Northeast Atlantic | |
Mya japonica Jay, 1856 |
Northeast Atlantic | ||
Mya pseudoarenaria Schlesch, 1931 |
False softshell | Eastern Pacific, Atlantic and the Arctic | 5.21 |
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 |
Truncate softshell | Arctic, Northern Atlantic and Northern Pacific | 8 |