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MeSH Heading: Mya
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.644.080.535
Unique ID: D049892
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049892
Annotation: as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM)
Scope Note: A genus of soft-shell clams in the family Myidae, class BIVALVIA.
Entry Term(s): Clam, Softshell; Clams, Softshell; Mya arenaria
Registry Numbers: txid6603; txid6604
Related Numbers: txid6604
Previous Indexing: Bivalvia (1971-2005); Mollusca (1965-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Mya MeSH Descriptor Data 2025