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Mya arenaria

species of mollusc
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Mya arenaria

Summary

Mya arenaria is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month, #1,482 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mya arenaria's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mya arenaria is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Mya arenaria belongs to the parent taxon Mya[5].
  • Mya arenaria's scientific name is Mya arenaria[6].
  • Mya arenaria's Commons category is recorded as Mya arenaria[7].
  • Mya arenaria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mya arenaria[8].
  • Mya arenaria's Commons gallery is recorded as Mya arenaria[9].
  • Mya arenaria's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. arenaria'}[10].
  • Mya arenaria is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Strandgaper'}[11].
  • Mya arenaria is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'hietasimpukka'}[12].
  • Mya arenaria is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vanlig sandskjell'}[13].
  • Mya arenaria is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Sandklaffmuschel'}[14].
  • Mya arenaria is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '우럭'}[15].
  • Mya arenaria's invasive to is recorded as North Sea[16].
  • Mya arenaria's invasive to is recorded as Black Sea[17].
  • Mya arenaria's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[18].
  • Mya arenaria's taxon author citation is recorded as Linnaeus, 1758[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mya arenaria is Mya arenaria[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Mya[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Strandgaper'}[11], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'hietasimpukka'}[12], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vanlig sandskjell'}[13], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Sandklaffmuschel'}[14], and {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '우럭'}[15].

Identifiers

Mya arenaria's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 81634[20]. Mya arenaria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6604[21]. Mya arenaria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46470499[22]. Mya arenaria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7791733[23]. Mya arenaria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 81692[24].

Why It Matters

Mya arenaria ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month, #1,482 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Mya arenaria — an ancient invader of the North Sea coast. wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Distribution, stocks, and age structure of the invader Mya arenaria before and after mass mortalities in the Black Sea. wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Mya arenaria
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555876305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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