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Myrtaea asphaltica

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Myrtaea asphaltica was named by Cooke (1919) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene-Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 167186, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM 3652, 5312, which is in a Ypresian/Bartonian coastal tar in Cuba.

It was recombined as Cubatea asphaltica by Kiel et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Myrtaea asphaltica Cooke p. 149 figs. pl. 14, figs. 7, 8, 9
2010Cubatea asphaltica Kiel et al. p. 40
2013Myrtaea asphaltica Kiel p. 348

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusMyrtaeaTurton 1822
speciesasphaltica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Myrtaea asphaltica Cooke 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: photosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:00:52
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:02:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71Cuba Myrtaea asphaltica (type locality: 75318)