Arca elegantula De Koninck 1844

Abstract

Arca elegantula De Koninck, 1844 Original source De Koninck (1844): 634. 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 Replacement name for Arca elegans De Koninck, 1842 (p. 117, pl. 2 fig. 3a–b), non Arca elegans Roemer, 1836. De Koninck (1885) attributed the species to Parallelodon. Today valid as Cypricardinia elegantula according to Amler (1987).

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