Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Alternative combination: Venus spinifera
Synonym: Lucina astensis Michelotti 1839
Belongs to Myrtea according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Cresti and Forli 2018 and Glover and Taylor 2007
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 (4 collections)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (5), Cyprus (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Italy (3), Morocco (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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