Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Lucinoida > Superfamily Lucinoidea > Family Lucinidae > Genus Myrtea

Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MyrteaTurton, 1822accepted genus name

Species group names

Myrtea spinosa [sic] orthographic variant
Lucina spinifera (Montagu, 1803) synonym
Lucina spinifera var. gallensis de Gregorio, 1885 synonym
Lucina spinifera var. minor Jeffreys, 1864 synonym
Lucina spinifera var. zina de Gregorio, 1885 synonym
Myrtea spinosa [sic] synonym
Venus spinifera Montagu, 1803 synonym

Literature

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

additional source

Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp.

additional source

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
GenBank (17 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Myrtea spinifera. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140287

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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