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).