Mya
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin mya (“mussel”), from Ancient Greek μύα (múa)
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mya arenaria, Mya truncata (See
Mya (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for other species.)
References
Mya (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Mya on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Mya on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Alternative forms
Noun
Mya (plural Mya)
- Abbreviation of million years ago.
- 2013, Walter M. Goldberg, “A Brief History of Reefs and Corals”, in The Biology of Reefs and Reef Organisms, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, section 13-2 (An Introduction to Paleozoic Corals), page 272, column 2:
- Both tabulates and rugosans evolved independently as part of the Ordovician Radiation; the tabulates appeared first in the Early Ordovician (~488 Mya), followed by rugosans about 20 My later.
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