Myida

See text Myoida Myida (formerly Myoida) is an order of saltwater and freshwater clams, marine and freshwater bivalve molluscs in the subclass Heterodonta.

The order includes such bivalves as soft-shell clams, geoducks and shipworms.

They are burrowing molluscs with well-developed siphons.

The shell is relatively soft and lacks a nacreous layer.

[1] Superfamilies and families within the Myida include (the use of † indicate taxa that are extinct):[2]