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Taxonomy
Gonimyrtea was named by Marwick (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-l R]. It is extant. Its type is Loripes concinna.
It was reranked as Cavilucina (Gonimyrtea) by Glibert (1957).
It was assigned to Cavilucina by Glibert (1957); to Myrteinae by Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lucinidae by Marwick (1960), Beu et al. (1990) and Glover and Taylor (2007).
It was reranked as Cavilucina (Gonimyrtea) by Glibert (1957).
It was assigned to Cavilucina by Glibert (1957); to Myrteinae by Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lucinidae by Marwick (1960), Beu et al. (1990) and Glover and Taylor (2007).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Gonimyrtea Marwick p. 912 |
| 1957 | Cavilucina (Gonimyrtea) Glibert p. 33 |
| 1960 | Gonimyrtea Marwick p. 13 |
| 1980 | Gonimyrtea Vokes p. 103 |
| 1990 | Gonimyrtea Beu et al. p. 396 |
| 2002 | Gonimyrtea Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Gonimyrtea Glover and Taylor p. 128 |
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G. Gonimyrtea Marwick 1929
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†Gonimyrtea araea Tate 1887
†Gonimyrtea bucculenta Marwick 1929
Gonimyrtea concinna Hutton 1873
†Gonimyrtea droueti Nyst 1861
†Gonimyrtea droueti schloenbachi von Koenen 1868
†Gonimyrtea galeottiana Nyst 1843
†Gonimyrtea galeottiana difficilis Deshayes 1857
†Gonimyrtea gracilis Nyst 1845
†Gonimyrtea spinulosa Edwards 1866
†Gonimyrtea submichelottii Sacco 1901
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Invalid names: Phacoides submichelottii Sacco 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. A. Glover and J. D. Taylor 2007 | Shell small, subcircular to ovate, higher than long, infl ated. Sculpture of closely spaced, thin, low commarginal lamellae. Right valve with single cardinal tooth and small anterior and posterior lateral teeth, left valve with two cardinals, the anterior much larger and small anterior and posterior lateral teeth. Lunule narrow, lanceolate. Ligament short, curved, shallowly inset. Anterior adductor scar medium long, ventrally detached from pallial line for 1/3 of length. Pallial line thick, sometimes divided into rounded blocks. |