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Myrtaea (Eulopia) furcata

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Myrtaea (Eulopia) furcata was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 135714, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Myrtaea (Eulopia) furcata Dall p. 1359 figs. pl. 52, fig. 13
1925Myrtaea (Eulopia) furcata Woodring p. 115

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMyrteinaeChavan 1969
genusMyrtaeaDall 1901
subgenusEulopia
speciesfurcataDall 1903

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.

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Diagnosis
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