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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal photosymbiotic
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