The Myidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Chinese waters with description of a new species Author Zhang, Jun-Long Author Xu, Feng-Shan Author Liu, Rui-Yu text Zootaxa 2012 3383 39 60 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.281734 43dab820-4818-4933-9e7b-c15187db9fb6 1175-5326 281734 Genus Paramya Conrad, 1860 Myalina Conrad, 1845 : 65 ( non de Koninck, 1842). Paramya Conrad, 1860 : 232 . Diagnosis. Shell small, fragile, subquadrate to trapezoidal, posterior portion of shell higher and more convex than anterior, posteriorly gaping; sculpture of commarginal growth lines; hinge with projecting chondrophores in both valves; pallial sinus small. Type species. Myalina subovata Conrad, 1845 (by monotypy).