Myrtaea (Myrtaea) enischna Woodring 1982 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)

Belongs to Myrtaea (Myrtaea) according to W. P. Woodring 1982

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

Type specimen: USNM 647337, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Panama (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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