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Taxonomy
Myrtea was named by Turton (1822) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant R]. It is extant. Its type is Myrtea spinifera.
It was reranked as Phacoides (Myrtea) by Dickerson (1916); it was reranked as Lucina (Myrtea) by Grant and Gale (1931), Durham (1944), Faustman (1964); it was misspelled as Myrtaea by Olsson (1931), Cox et al. (1969), Vokes (1980), Tashiro and Kozai (1982), Dockery (1982), Moore (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Sepkoski (2002), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Phacoides by Dickerson (1916); to Lucina by Grant and Gale (1931), Durham (1944), Faustman (1964); to Lucininae by Dockery (1982); to Lucinidae by Olsson (1931), Tashiro and Kozai (1982), Beu et al. (1990), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Myrteinae by Cox et al. (1969), Vokes (1980), Moore (1988), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was reranked as Phacoides (Myrtea) by Dickerson (1916); it was reranked as Lucina (Myrtea) by Grant and Gale (1931), Durham (1944), Faustman (1964); it was misspelled as Myrtaea by Olsson (1931), Cox et al. (1969), Vokes (1980), Tashiro and Kozai (1982), Dockery (1982), Moore (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Sepkoski (2002), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Phacoides by Dickerson (1916); to Lucina by Grant and Gale (1931), Durham (1944), Faustman (1964); to Lucininae by Dockery (1982); to Lucinidae by Olsson (1931), Tashiro and Kozai (1982), Beu et al. (1990), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Myrteinae by Cox et al. (1969), Vokes (1980), Moore (1988), Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1822 | Myrtea Turton p. 133 |
| 1916 | Phacoides (Myrtea) Dickerson p. 485 |
| 1931 | Lucina (Myrtea) Grant and Gale p. 288 |
| 1931 | Myrtaea Olsson p. 50 |
| 1944 | Lucina (Myrtea) Durham p. 144 |
| 1964 | Lucina (Myrtea) Faustman p. 119 |
| 1969 | Myrtea Cox et al. p. 499 |
| 1980 | Myrtea Vokes p. 103 |
| 1982 | Myrtea Dockery p. 58 |
| 1982 | Myrtea Tashiro and Kozai p. 83 |
| 1988 | Myrtea Moore p. D16 |
| 1990 | Myrtea Beu et al. p. 396 |
| 1992 | Myrtea Lamprell and Whitehead p. 46 |
| 2002 | Myrtea Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Myrtea Bouchet et al. |
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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.
G. Myrtea Turton 1822
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†Myrtaea asphaltica Cooke 1919
†Myrtaea cookei Olsson 1931
Subg. Myrtea (Myrtea) Turton 1822
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†Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865
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Invalid names: Lucina uhleri Clark 1895 [synonym], Lucina ulrichi Harris 1897 [synonym]
†Myrtaea (Myrtaea) enischna Woodring 1982
†Myrtaea (Myrtaea) limoniana Dall 1903
†Myrtea (Myrtea) scopularis Casey 1903
Myrtea (Myrtea) taffana Dickerson 1916
†Myrtea (Myrtea) taylorensis Mansfield 1940
†Myrtea (Myrtea) vicksburgensis Casey 1903
†Myrtea ezoensis Nagao 1957
Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| height | 2 | 8.59 | 8.20 | 9.00 | 8.60 | 0.566 |
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Calabrian or 106.30000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (228 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aptian - Albian | Brazil (Ceará) | M. sp. (235049) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Japan | M. amalloi (142307) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (California) | M. gabbi (167601 167603) | |
| Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | Japan | M. ezoensis (87012) | |
| Coniacian | Japan (Hidaka) | M. ezoensis (40587) | |
| Coniacian | Japan (Teshio) | M. ezoensis (40122) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | Japan (Fukushima) | M. ezoensis (39626) | |
| Coniacian - Campanian | Japan | M. ezoensis (40614) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian | Japan | M. ezoensis (219958) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Japan | M. sp. (115287 115298) | |
| Santonian | Japan (Hidaka) | M. ezoensis (40588) | |
| Santonian | Japan (Teshio) | M. ezoensis (40126) | |
| Campanian | Japan (Teshio) | M. ezoensis (39821) | |
| Campanian | Japan (Hidaka) | M. ezoensis (40589) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Japan | M. angularis (82344) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | M. stephensoni (4101 4103) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Georgia) | M. stephensoni (4277 4282 4301 4313 4314 4316 4317 4318 4319 4320 4335) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | M. stephensoni (4238 4253 4262 4263 4264 4270 4275 4276 4286 4321) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | M. stephensoni (4366 4367 4368 4369 4371 4372 4373) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | M. stephensoni (4174) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | M. stephensoni (4168) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Carolina) | M. stephensoni (4350 4351 4353) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | M. stephensoni (4441) | |
| Maastrichtian | India | M. arcotina, M. dentigera (1351) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Georgia) | M. stephensoni (1309) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (South Carolina) | M. stephensoni (1310) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | M. stephensoni (1312) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | M. stephensoni (1308) | |
| Maastrichtian | Japan | M. sp. (1315) | |
| Maastrichtian | New Zealand | M. canterburiensis (1341) | |
| Maastrichtian | Russian Federation (Sakhalin) | M. ezoensis (1333 1353) | |
| Maastrichtian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | M. scotti (1316) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | M. stephensoni (1303 1305) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | M. stephensoni (1297) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Lucina uhleri (5573 5585 5586 5587 5588 5590 5595 5602) M. mesakta (91850) | |
| Danian | New Zealand (Southland) | M. microlirata (50176 50212) | |
| Danian | Denmark | M. sp. (35040) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | Japan (Hokkaido) | M. ezoensis (206290) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Maryland) | Lucina uhleri (91547 91709 91714 91883 91889 91890 91891) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Virginia) | Lucina uhleri (91859 101306) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Maryland) | Lucina uhleri (91117) M. astartiformis (91551 99290) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | Phacoides taffana (122656) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Virginia) | Lucina uhleri (91861) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | Lucina ulrichi (92349 92375) M. astartiformis (92269) | |
| Ypresian - Bartonian | Cuba | Myrtaea asphaltica (75318) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Lucina taffana (202094) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Virginia) | M. curta (1446 1447 1448) | |
| Middle Eocene | Panama (Colon) | Myrtaea curta (92979) | |
| Middle Eocene | Japan | M. sp. (41589) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Lucina taffana (191188) | |
| Lutetian - Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Lucina curta (1294 1416 1417 1418 1419 1420) | |
| Lutetian - Priabonian | USA (Mississippi) | Lucina curta (1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1292 1293 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | Lucina curta (1413 1414 1415) M. curta (205501) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Lucina curta (90704 91097 92393 99632 205526) M. subcurta, M. curta (205535) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | M. bisculpta (90600) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | USA (Texas) | Lucina curta (101201) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Arkansas) | Lucina curta (91085) | |
| Priabonian | Peru | Myrtaea cookei (58685) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | Myrtaea scopularis (74077 74078 74079 74080 74082 74083) Myrtaea taylorensis (169205) M. scopularis (5500 5501 5612 5779 5787 5788) M. vicksburgensis (5791 5805 5867 5941 5942 5943 5947 5948 6002) | |
| Chattian | Austria | M. spinifera (77737) | |
| Chattian | New Zealand (North Island) | M. staminfera (204564) M. staminifera (205949) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Trinidad and Tobago | M. cookei (93367) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | New Zealand (Southland) | M. staminifera (50784) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Piura) | Myrtaea cooki (64566) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Ecuador (Guayas) | Myrtaea cookei (61202 64580) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Panama | Myrtaea enischna (42569 42571 42572) | |
| Aquitanian | Panama | Myrtaea sp. (42609) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Germany | M. spinifera (171410) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand (Waikato) | M. sp. (45009) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | M. taurina, M. spinifera (178108) | |
| Burdigalian | Cuba | Myrteopsis sp. (205112) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | M. valdescripta (67897 67898 67900) | |
| Langhian | Italy | M. taurina (178116) | |
| Langhian | Italy (Pordenone) | M. spinifera (37372) | |
| Middle Miocene | Indonesia | M. sp. (70081) | |
| Middle Miocene | Bulgaria | M. spinifera (60288 60289 60291 60292 60313) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Florida) | Myrtaea waltonensis (42692 111204 136943) | |
| Waiauan | New Zealand | M. papatikiensis (63089 63090) | |
| Tortonian | Cyprus | Lucina spinifera (71883) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | M. sp. (74934) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Pordenone) | M. sp. (37365) | |
| Tortonian | Morocco | M. spinifera (173165) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | Myrtaea lomasdesamba (58870) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | M. fabuloides (63432 63433) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | Lucina butonensis (205236) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | M. sp. (135816 135821) | |
| Messinian | Italy | M. spinifera (207784) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Bocas) | M. sp. (135944) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Dominican Republic | M. sp. (74967) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Myrtaea inconspicus (60771) | |
| Zanclean | Dominican Republic | M. sp. (74965) | |
| Pliocene | Costa Rica | Myrtaea limoniana (134667) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Myrtaea limoniana, Myrtaea pertenera (58522) M. furcata (69092) M. limoniana, M. vermiculata (69090 69094) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama (Bocas) | M. sp. (135876) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Livorno) | M. spinifera (173663) | |
| Calabrian | Costa Rica (Limon) | M. sp. (79842) | |
| Calabrian | Italy (Umbria) | M. spinifera (149603 200420) |