Arca elegans De Koninck 1842

Abstract

Arca elegans De Koninck, 1842 [invalid] Original source De Koninck (1842): 117, pl. 3 fig. 3a–b. Type stratum and age “calcaire de montagne de Visé”; V3b and V3c, Visean, Mississippian, Carboniferous (Demanet 1958: 29; Godefroid et al. 2006). Type locality “ Visé ”; quarries south of Visé, on the east side of the Meuse River valley (Demanet 1958; Godefroid et al. 2006), Belgium. Type material The material of De Koninck (1842–1844) is stored in the collection of the Géologie de l’Université Lyon, but the syntypes of this species could not be found there. Remarks De Koninck mentioned that he only had a damaged specimen of this species. Junior homonym of Arca elegans Roemer, 1836; Arca elegantula De Koninck, 1844 (p. 634) is a replacement name; valid as Cypricardinia elegantula. See there for further details.

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