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Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Cyclas curta was named by Conrad (1865). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Lucina curta by Conrad (1866) and Kosnik (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cooki, M. gabbi, M. waltonensis, M. taylorensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cyclas curta Conrad p. 8
1866Lucina curta Conrad p. 621
1895Lucina uhleri Clark
1897Lucina ulrichi Harris p. 71 figs. pl. 14, fig. 4
1982Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Woodring p. 621
2002Lucina curta Kosnik

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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
subgenusMyrtaeaTurton 1822
speciescurta(Conrad 1865)

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 (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865
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Invalid names: Lucina uhleri Clark 1895 [synonym], Lucina ulrichi Harris 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available