Gonimyrtea araea Tate 1887 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Lucina araea

Full reference: R. Tate. 1887. The Lamellibranchs of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 2). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 9:142-189

Belongs to Gonimyrtea according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1887

Sister taxa: Gonimyrtea bucculenta, Gonimyrtea concinna, Gonimyrtea droueti, Gonimyrtea galeottiana, Gonimyrtea gracilis, Gonimyrtea spinulosa, Gonimyrtea submichelottii

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gonimyrtea araea in the database

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