Dimya
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Dimya is a genus
of very small clam
s, marine
bivalve molluscs in the family
Dimyidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of very small clam
Clam
The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.In the United States, "clam" can be used in several different ways: one, as a general term covering all bivalve molluscs...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalve molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Dimyidae
Dimyidae
Dimyidae is a family of bivalve molluscs, related to the scallops and oysters.-Taxonomy:* Basiliomya Bayer 1971** Basiliomya goreaui F. M. Bayer, 1971* Dimya roualt 1848* Dimyella Moore 1969** Dimyella starcki D. R. Moore, 1969...
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Species within the genus Dimya
- Dimya acuminata Esteves, 1984
- Dimya adaia
- Dimya affinis ReeveLovell Augustus ReeveLovell Augustus Reeve was an English conchologist.Lovell Augustus Reeve was initially apprenticed to a grocer of Ludgate Hill between 1827 and '34...
, 1858 - Dimya argentata
- Dimya argentea Dall, 1886 - silver dimyid
- Dimya californiana - California dimyid
- Dimya coralliotis - coral dimyid
- Dimya corrugata Hedley
- Dimya filipina
- Dimya lima
- Dimya japonica
- Dimya maoriaDimya maoriaDimya maoria is a species of clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Dimyidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1937 - Dimya melleni
- Dimya mimula
- Dimya molokaia
- Dimya rakhiensis
- Dimya rufaripa
- Dimya sigillata
- Dimya spondyliformis
- Dimya tigrina Bayer, 1971