Myrtea (Myrtea) Turton 1822

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative spelling: Myrtaea (Myrtaea)

Parent taxon: Myrtea according to E. J. Moore 1988

See also Cox et al. 1969, Dockery 1982, Mansfield 1940 and Woodring 1925

Sister taxa: Myrtaea (Levimyrtaea), Myrtaea asphaltica, Myrtaea cookei, Myrtea (Myrteopsis), Myrtea curta, Myrtea ezoensis, Myrtea gabbi, Myrtea spinifera

Subtaxa: Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Myrtaea (Myrtaea) enischna Myrtaea (Myrtaea) limoniana Myrtea (Myrtea) scopularis Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana Myrtea (Myrtea) taylorensis Myrtea (Myrtea) vicksburgensis

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Distribution:

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Panama (1)

• Oligocene of Panama (3), United States (16: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Panama (1), United States (47: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)

• Paleocene of United States (18: Maryland, Texas, Virginia)

• Cretaceous of Japan (1)

Total: 89 collections each including a single occurrence

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