NARMS taxon details
Myrtea W. Turton, 1822
138151 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138151)
accepted
Genus
Venus spinifera Montagu, 1803 accepted as Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803) (type by monotypy)
- Species Myrtea amorpha (Sturany, 1896)
- Species Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Myrtea lens (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) accepted as Afrolucina lens (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Myrtea spinosa [sic] accepted as Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803) (misspelling of Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 133 [details]
page(s): 133 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Myrtea W. Turton, 1822. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138151 on 2025-05-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Myrtea W. Turton, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138151 on 2025-05-14
Date
action
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original description
Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 133 [details]
basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 113 [details]
page(s): 133 [details]
basis of record Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): 113 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
