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Myrtea Turton, 1822 
AphiaID: 138151

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Lucinoida (Order) > Lucinoidea (Superfamily) > Lucinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Lucinidae Fleming, 1828
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Species Myrtea aequalis (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931)
Species Myrtea amorpha (Sturany, 1896)
Species Myrtea bractea Hedley, 1911
Species Myrtea cristata (Smith, 1885)
Species Myrtea elongata Ohdner, 1919
Species Myrtea fabula (Reeve, 1850)
Species Myrtea flabelliformis (Prashad, 1932)
Species Myrtea gabriela Chapman, 1941
Species Myrtea investigatoris Cosel & Bouchet, 2008
Species Myrtea mayi Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911
Species Myrtea minima Okutani, 1964
Species Myrtea pseudocorbis (Nickles, 1952)
Species Myrtea sagrinata (Dall, 1886)
Species Myrtea scitula (A. Adams, 1854)
Species Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803)
Species Myrtea tanimbarensis Cosel & Bouchet, 2008
Species Myrtea transversa (Smith, 1915)
Species Myrtea triclotae Cosel & Bouchet, 2008

Species Myrtea botanica Hedley, 1918 accepted as Notomyrtea botanica (Hedley, 1918)
Species Myrtea compressa (Dall, 1881) accepted as Jorgenia compressa (Dall, 1881)
Species Myrtea lens (Verrill & Smith, 1880) accepted as Myrteopsis lens (Verrill & Smith, 1880)
Species Myrtea pristiphora Dall & Simpson, 1901 accepted as Myrtina pristiphora (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Species Myrtea sudes (Barnard, 1964) accepted as Gonimyrtea sudes (Barnard, 1964)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
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Note  Classification: in family Myacidae [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138151
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Myrtea Turton, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138151 on 2013-06-19
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