Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative spellings: Lucina (Myrtea), Myrtaea, Phacoides (Myrtea)
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Adegoke 1969, Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Dickerson 1916, Dockery 1982, Durham 1944, Faustman 1964, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Moore 1988, Olsson 1931, Sepkoski 2002, Tashiro and Kozai 1982 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Afrolucina, Anodontia, Armimiltha, Austriella, Barbierella, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Cavilinga, Chavania, Codakia, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Ctena, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divalinga, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Falsolucinoma, Ferrocina, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilioniinae, Illionia, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Lepilucina, Leucosphaera, Liralucina, Lucininae, Lucinoma, Maorithyas, Meganodontia, Megaxinus, Miltha, Milthinae, Milthona, Myrteinae, Myrtina, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Parvilucina, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Radiolucina, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Myrtaea (Levimyrtaea) Myrtaea asphaltica Myrtaea cookei Myrtea (Myrtea) Myrtea (Myrteopsis) Myrtea curta Myrtea ezoensis Myrtea gabbi Myrtea spinifera
Type: Myrtea spinifera
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Italy (3)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (4), Panama (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Bulgaria (5), Cuba (1), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Germany (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (5), Morocco (1), New Zealand (6), Panama (4), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Ecuador (2), New Zealand (3), Panama (3), Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (22: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Cuba (1), Japan (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (55: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), United States (18: Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), India (1), Japan (15), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (45: Alabama, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 225 collections including 232 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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