Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Belongs to Myrtea according to Montagu 1803
Sister taxa: Myrtaea (Levimyrtaea), Myrtaea asphaltica, Myrtaea cookei, Myrtea (Myrtea), Myrtea (Myrteopsis), Myrtea curta, Myrtea ezoensis, Myrtea gabbi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (3 collections)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (5), Cyprus (1), Germany (1), Italy (3), Morocco (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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