Pteromyrtea

Pteromyrtea Temporal range: Cretaceous–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pteromyrtea obesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Lucinida
Family:	Lucinidae
Genus:	† Pteromyrtea H. J. Finlay, 1926
Type species
† Cyclina dispar F. W. Hutton, 1873
Synonyms [1]
Notomyrtea (Pteromyrtea)H. J. Finlay, 1926

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

1. Pteromyrtea H. J. Finlay, 1926 † . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 January 2026.
2. 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.
3. "†Pteromyrtea Finlay 1926 (clam)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
4. 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.
5. 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.