Myrtea

Myrtea; Temporal range: Cretaceous–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Myrtea catonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Lucinida
Family:	Lucinidae
Subfamily:	Myrteinae
Genus:	Myrtea; W. Turton, 1822
Type species
	Venus spinifera; Montagu, 1803
Synonyms
	Lucina (Myrtea) W. Turton, 1822; Mirtea Monterosato, 1891; Myrtaea Dall, 1901; Phacoides (Myrtea) (W. Turton, 1822);

Myrtea is a genus of bivalves, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lucinidae.^[1]

Description

Members of the genus have an oval-trangulate, nearly equilateral shell. The hinge of one valve has a single tooth and two lateral teeth, with two teeth on the opposing valve with lateral teeth obscured.^[4]

Taxonomy

Elliptotellina was first described by William Turton in 1822.^[4]

Distribution

The genus has a global distribution,^[2] with fossils of the Myrtea dating back to the Cretaceous period.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Myrtea include:^[1]

Myrtea ada (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Myrtea amorpha (Sturany, 1896)
Myrtea bractea Hedley, 1911
† Myrtea butonensis (Beets, 1942)
Myrtea catonii (Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016)
† Myrtea dijki (K. Martin, 1885)
† Myrtea ezoensis (Nagao, 1938)
Myrtea fabula (Reeve, 1850)
Myrtea fabuloides (Tate, 1886)
† Myrtea faseolata Darragh, 1994
Myrtea flabelliformis (Prashad, 1932)
† Myrtea haurangiensis Vella, 1954
Myrtea hyphalosa Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016
Myrtea investigatoris Cosel & Bouchet, 2008
† Myrtea maoria A. W. B. Powell, 1935
Myrtea mayi (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1911)
† Myrtea microlirata (H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937)
† Myrtea papatikiensis Marwick, 1926
Myrtea paupera (Tate, 1892)
Myrtea perfecta (Glover & J. D. Taylor, 2016)
Myrtea pseudocorbis (Nicklès, 1952)
Myrtea scitula (A. Adams, 1854)
† Myrtea sera Marwick, 1965
† Myrtea serana (P. J. Fischer, 1921)
Myrtea soyoae (Habe, 1953)
Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803)
† Myrtea staminifera (Marwick, 1929)
Myrtea sudes (Barnard, 1964)
† Myrtea supraflexa (Marwick, 1931)
Myrtea tanimbarensis Cosel & Bouchet, 2008
Myrtea toamasina Pacaud, Coppini, Buisson & F. Meunier, 2024
Myrtea triclotae Cosel & Bouchet, 2008
† Myrtea valdesculpta Marwick, 1943
† Myrtea waltonensis J. A. Gardner, 1926

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References

1 2 3 Myrtea W. Turton, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 January 2026.
1 2 "Myrtea W.Turton, 1822". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
1 2 "Myrtea Turton 1822 (clam)". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
1 2 Turton, William. Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali. p. 133.