Myrtea (Myrteopsis) Sacco 1901 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Alternative spellings: Myrtaea (Myrteopsis), Myrteopsis

Parent taxon: Myrtea according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1925

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

Subtaxa: Myrtaea (Myrteopsis) pertenera

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1 collection)

• Miocene of Cuba (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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