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Cyrena dakotensis Meek & Hayden, 1865 †
1502742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1502742)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Species
fossil only
Prime, T. (1865). Monograph of American Corbiculadae. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 7(145): 1-80., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817525
page(s): 31 [details]
page(s): 31 [details]
Type locality contained in South Dakota
, Note "At the mouth of the Big Sioux or Dakotah...
type locality contained in South Dakota [details]
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Type locality "At the mouth of the Big Sioux or Dakotah River. Dakotah group of the Nebraska and Dakotah cretaceous series" [after Meek & Hayden 1857, two miles above river mouth], USA; Dakota Fm., Late Cretaceous [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cyrena dakotensis Meek & Hayden, 1865 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1502742 on 2025-09-10
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Prime, T. (1865). Monograph of American Corbiculadae. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 7(145): 1-80., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817525
page(s): 31 [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 31 [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Though not explicitly stated, this species was obviously introduced as replacement name for the supposed homonym Cyprina arenaria [sic] Meek & Hayden, 1857, "non Forbes". However, the name Carena arenaria used by Forbes (1856), as well as by Morris (1854), are nomina nuda. It was validly introduced by Wood (1877). Moreover, Meek & Hayden actually used the spelling "arenarea". Thus, C. dakotensis is a junior objective synonym of C. arenarea Meek & Hayden, 1857. [details]Type locality "At the mouth of the Big Sioux or Dakotah River. Dakotah group of the Nebraska and Dakotah cretaceous series" [after Meek & Hayden 1857, two miles above river mouth], USA; Dakota Fm., Late Cretaceous [details]
