Myrtea gabbi Stewart 1930 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Synonym: Lucina subcircularis Gabb 1864 [replaced name]

Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314

Belongs to Myrtea according to R. B. Stewart 1930

See also Gabb 1864

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

Type specimens:

  • Myrtea gabbi: ANSP 4401
  • Lucina subcircularis:

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Arroyo Pinoso, locality 96 (Cretaceous of California)

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