Pteromyrtea
| Pteromyrtea Temporal range:
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| Pteromyrtea obesa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Lucinida |
| Family: | Lucinidae |
| Genus: | †Pteromyrtea H. J. Finlay, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| † Cyclina dispar F. W. Hutton, 1873
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Pteromyrtea is a genus of extinct sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lucinidae.[1] Species in the genus date to between the Cretaceous and the Miocene, and have been found in strata in Argentina and New Zealand.
Taxonomy
Pteromyrtea was first described in 1926 by Harold Finlay as a subgenus of Notomyrtea.[2] The taxon has since been elevated to genus level.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of the genus date to between the Cretaceous and Miocene, and have been found in Argentina and New Zealand.[3] Many New Zealand species date to the Altonian stage (early Miocene) of New Zealand.[4][5]
Species
Species within the genus Pteromyrtea include:[1]
- † Pteromyrtea auriculata (Bartrum, 1919)
- † Pteromyrtea cristata Marwick, 1931
- † Pteromyrtea danieli del Río, 1994
- † Pteromyrtea dispar (F. W. Hutton, 1873)
- † Pteromyrtea disparilis Laws, 1944
- † Pteromyrtea exilis Marwick, 1943
- † Pteromyrtea laminata (F. W. Hutton, 1885)
- † Pteromyrtea motutaraensis A. W. B. Powell, 1935
- † Pteromyrtea obesa H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937
- † Pteromyrtea tirangiensis (Marwick, 1926)
References
- ^ a b c d Pteromyrtea H. J. Finlay, 1926 †. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 January 2026.
- ^ Finlay, H. J. (23 December 1926). "A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320–485. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q96032915.
- ^ "†Pteromyrtea Finlay 1926 (clam)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ Maxwell, P.A. (2009). "Cenozoic Mollusca". In Gordon, D.P. (ed.). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8.
- ^ Blom, Wilma M. (2025). "Annotated Catalogue of Fossil and Extant Molluscan Types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum". Bulletin of the Auckland Museum. 22. doi:10.32912/BULLETIN/22. ISSN 1176-3213. OCLC 1550165130. Wikidata Q135397912.