Conchyliolithus arcites Martin 1809

Abstract

Conchyliolithus Arcites cancellatus Martin, 1809 [unavailable] Original source Martin (1809): unpaginated text, pl. 44 fig. 7; originally as “ Conchyliolithus Arcites (cancellatus)”. Type stratum and age Martin did not indicate a horizon; Sowerby (1824) gave it as “Derbyshire Limestone”; Carboniferous Limestone, Mississippian, Carboniferous. Type locality No specific locality was mentioned by Martin; Sowerby (1824) referred to it as “ Derbyshire Limestone ”, United Kingdom. Type material Stored at the Natural History Museum, London with the coll. no. NHMUK PI OR 43184 (figured in Martin 1809: pl. 44 fig. 7; Sowerby 1824: pl. 473 fig. 2 and Hind 1897: pl. 10 fig. 7). Sowerby reproduced the specimen as a mirror image. Remarks Martin (1809) did not apply the principles of binomial nomenclature and was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature by Opinion 231 (ICZN 1954). Sowerby (1824) referred to Martin’s figure, described and illustrated it, and made the name available (as Arca cancellata). Hind (1897) classified the species in Parallelodon.

Authors 3

1. Julia C. Friedel

   University of Cologne

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany

2. Thomas A. Neubauer Aachen Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Bavarian Natural History Collections · Naturalis Biodiversity Center · Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie

   Affiliation as printed

   SNSB - Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 Munich, Germany. & Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany. & Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands

3. Michael R. W. Amler

   University of Cologne · Philipps University of Marburg

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 49 a, 50674 Cologne, Germany. & Department of Geography, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 10, 35032 Marburg, Germany