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WoRMS taxon details

Notomyrtea Iredale, 1924

AphiaID

456477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456477)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Myrtea botanica Hedley, 1918 accepted as Notomyrtea botanica (Hedley, 1918) (type by original designation)

Parent

Myrteinae Chavan, 1969

Original name

Notomyrtea Iredale, 1924

Synonymised names

Eulopia (Notomyrtea) Iredale, 1924 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Direct children (11)

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Species Notomyrtea botanica (Hedley, 1918)
Species Notomyrtea vincentia Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2007
Species Notomyrtea ada (A. Adams & Angas, 1863) accepted as Myrtea ada (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Species Notomyrtea catonii Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016 accepted as Myrtea catonii (Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016) (original combination)
Species Notomyrtea fabula (Reeve, 1850) accepted as Myrtea fabula (Reeve, 1850)
Species Notomyrtea flabelliformis (Prashad, 1932) accepted as Myrtea flabelliformis (Prashad, 1932)
Species Notomyrtea perfecta Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016 accepted as Myrtea perfecta (Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016)
Species Notomyrtea scitula (A. Adams, 1854) accepted as Myrtea scitula (A. Adams, 1854) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Notomyrtea soyoae Habe, 1953 accepted as Myrtea soyoae (Habe, 1953) (original combination)
Species Notomyrtea tanimbarensis (Cosel & Bouchet, 2008) accepted as Myrtea tanimbarensis Cosel & Bouchet, 2008
Species Notomyrtea triclotae (Cosel & Bouchet, 2008) accepted as Myrtea triclotae Cosel & Bouchet, 2008

Environment

marine

Original description

Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 182 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Notomyrtea Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456477 on 2026-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-11 14:10:23Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-03-06 05:53:03Z

checked

Taylor, John

2013-02-01 20:32:46Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-01-23 20:03:29Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2016-05-09 12:30:29Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2016-10-08 11:50:01Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-08 00:48:19Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 182 [details]

basis of record Glover E.A. & Taylor J.D. (2016). Lucinidae of the Philippines: highest known diversity and ubiquity of chemosymbiotic bivalves from intertidal to bathyal depths (Mollusca: Bivalvia). in: Héros V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 208: 65-234. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 117 [details]

Other

additional source Glover, E.A. & Taylor, J.D. (2007). Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou. Zoosystema. 29(1): 109-181. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Huber M. (2015). Compendium of bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp. + 1 CD-ROM (containing chapters 5 and 6). [Tellinidae by M. Huber, A. Langleit & K. Kreipl, pp. 167-297, 564-746].
note: synonymized with Myrtea [details]