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Taxonomy
Phacoides (Myrtea) taffana was named by Dickerson (1916). It is extant. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 672, Parsons Peak, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Domengine Formation of California.
It was recombined as Phacoides taffana by Hanna (1927); it was recombined as Lucina (Here) taffana by Clark (1938); it was recombined as Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana by Moore (1988).
It was recombined as Phacoides taffana by Hanna (1927); it was recombined as Lucina (Here) taffana by Clark (1938); it was recombined as Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana by Moore (1988).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Lucina butonensis, M. angularis, M. arcotina, M. canterburiensis, M. cookei, M. dentigera, M. fabuloides, M. furcata, M. limoniana, M. microlirata, M. papatikiensis, M. scotti, M. staminfera, M. staminifera, M. stephensoni, M. subcurta, M. taurina, M. valdescripta, M. vermiculata, M. astartiformis, M. amalloi, M. bisculpta, M. mesakta
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Phacoides (Myrtea) taffana Dickerson p. 485 figs. Plate 36, figure 11 |
| 1927 | Phacoides taffana Hanna p. 284 figs. Plate 41, figures 1, 9, 11, and 13 |
| 1938 | Lucina (Here) taffana Clark p. 697 figs. Plate 2, figures 2, 8 |
| 1988 | Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana Moore p. D16 figs. Plate 4, figures 13, 14 |
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Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana Dickerson 1916
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||