Arca tumida J. De C. Sowerby 1824

Abstract

Arca tumida J. De C. Sowerby, 1824 [invalid] Original source Sowerby (1824): 116, pl. 474 fig. 3. Type stratum and age “Magnesian Limestone”; Ford or Raisby Formation, Zechstein, Changhsingian, Lopingian, Permian. Type locality “Tunstall Hill, near Sunderland ”, Durham, United Kingdom. Type material Sowerby referred to “plentiful” material. The only available syntype (now lectotype by subsequent designation by Friedel et al. 2025) (NHMUK PI PL 805) is a BV steinkern. Stored in the Sowerby collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Remarks Recently considered as a junior synonym of Parallelodon striatus (von Schlotheim, 1820) by Friedel et al. (2025).

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