Myrtina Glover & Taylor, 2007

Taylor, John D. & Glover, Emily A., 2013, New lucinid bivalves from shallow and deeper water of the Indian and West Pacific Oceans (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Lucinidae), ZooKeys 326, pp. 69-90 : 80

Genus Myrtina Glover & Taylor, 2007

Type species.

Myrtina porcata Glover & Taylor, 2007 original designation.

Diagnosis.

Shell small, L to 16 mm, subcircular, posterior margin quadrate, sculpture of commarginal lamellae, elevated commarginal lamellae on dorsal margin, radial sculpture absent, lunule often strongly asymmetric, hinge with cardinal teeth in both valves, lateral teeth strong to obscure with RV anterior lateral tooth generally larger, anterior adductor muscle scar short, detached for about 1/5 length, pallial line either entire or in close, small blocks.

Remarks.

Eight species of Myrtina are known from the central IWP from shallow offshore to deeper water ( Glover and Taylor 2007, in press; Fengshan 2011), including the Japanese species formerly known as Lucinoma adamsiana Habe, 1958.