Myrtaea (Myrtaea) limoniana Dall 1903 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative combination: Myrtaea limoniana

Belongs to Myrtaea (Myrtaea) according to W. P. Woodring 1925

Sister taxa: Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta, Myrtaea (Myrtaea) enischna, Myrtea (Myrtea) scopularis, Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana, Myrtea (Myrtea) taylorensis, Myrtea (Myrtea) vicksburgensis

Type specimen: USNM 157637, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal photosymbiotic

Distribution:

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

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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