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Myadora

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Myadora
Temporal range: Early/Lower Oligocene–present, 33.9–0 Ma[1]
Myadora in Conchologia Iconica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Family: Myochamidae
Genus: Myadora
Gray, 1840
Synonyms[2]

Myodora – misspelling

Myadora is a genus of marine bivalves in the family Myochamidae.[2][3] They are shallow-burrowing bivalves,[4] able to burrow rapidly.[5]

In Myadora, the left valve is flat or slightly concave while the right valve is convex.[5][6]

Species

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There are 22 extant species:[2]

A large number of species is known from the fossil record, many exclusively so.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Myadora Gray, 1840". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Myadora Gray, 1840". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Myadora Gray, 1840". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  4. ^ Harper, Elizabeth M. & Morton, Brian (2000). "The biology and functional morphology of Myochama anomioides Stutchbury, 1830 (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Pandoroidea), with reference ot cementation". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66 (3): 403–416. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.3.403.
  5. ^ a b Morton, Brian (1977). "Some aspects of the biology and functional morphology of Myadora striata (Quoy and Gaimard) (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Pandoracea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 43 (2): 141–154. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065365.
  6. ^ Smith, Edgar Albert (1881). "On the genus Myodora of Gray". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1880: 578–587 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.