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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Mya arenaria

Common Name: Softshell clam

Taxonomy: Phylum Mollusca / Class Bivalvia / Sub Class Pteriomorphia / Order Myoida / Family Myidae / Genus Mya

C-value (pg): 1.40

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type:

Standard Species: Crassostrea gigas = 1.82pg

References:
Anisimova, A.A. (2007). Genome sizes of some Bivalvia species of the Peter the Great Bay of the Sea of Japan. Comparative Cytogenetics 1: 63-69.

Other records available for this species:

Mya arenaria = 1.40 (pg)

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