Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parent taxon: Lucinidae according to J. Taylor and E. Glover 2021
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Cox et al. 1969, Gill and Little 2013, Kiel 2013, Moore 1976, Moore 1988, Vokes 1980 and Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Armimiltha, Bretskya, Bulacanites, Cardiolucina, Chavania, Codakiinae, Cryptolucina, Dilora, Discoloripes, Discolucina, Divaricella, Divaricellinae, Epicodakia, Ezolucina, Falsolucinoma, Fimbria, Fimbriinae, Funafutia, Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) gyrata, Gigantocyclus, Gonimyrtea, Graecina, Ilionia, Ilioniinae, Indolucina, Joellina, Lamylucina, Lepidolucina, Leucosphaera, Leucosphaerinae, Liralucina, Lucininae, Maorithyas, Matanziella, Meganodontia, Microloripes, Milthinae, Milthona, Monitilorinae, Nipponothracia, Notomyrtea, Nymphalucina, Palaeolucina, Parvidontia, Pegophyseminae, Phacoides joannis, Phenacocyclas, Pillucina, Poumea, Pseudomiltha, Pteromyrtea, Sinbadiella, Solelucina, Superlucina, Tehamatea, Tinalucina, Wallucina
Subtaxa: Alucinoma Amanocina Beauvoisina Cubatea Discomiltha Elliptiolucina Elongatolucina Eulopia Gardnerella Lovaralucina Mesomiltha Myrtea Paramyrtea Perampliata Prophetilora
Type: Myrtea
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Italy (4)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (4), Panama (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Bulgaria (5), Colombia (1), Cuba (1), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Indonesia (2), Italy (5), Morocco (1), New Zealand (6), Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (3: Florida)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), New Zealand (3), Panama (3), Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (8: Mississippi, Washington)
• Eocene of Cuba (1), Japan (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (59: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia, Washington)
• Paleocene of Australia (2), Belgium (3), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), United States (18: Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Egypt (4), India (4), Japan (16), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (46: Alabama, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
• Jurassic of Chile (21), France (6), Germany (14), Greenland (6), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Portugal (7), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (18), the United Kingdom (7)
• Triassic of United States (2: Nevada)
• Permian of Italy (5)
Total: 347 collections including 367 occurrences