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Byssoarca lima Conrad, 1847 †
1733853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1733853)
unaccepted > junior homonym (secondary homonym of Barbatia lima (Reeve, 1844))
Species
Byssoarca Swainson, 1833 accepted as Arca Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Conrad, T. A. (1847). Observations on the Eocene formation and description of one hundred and five new fossils of that period from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(11): 280-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659549
page(s): 295 [details]
page(s): 295 [details]
Note Vicinity of Vicksburg
Type locality Vicinity of Vicksburg [details]
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Conrad, T. A. (1847). Observations on the Eocene formation and description of one hundred and five new fossils of that period from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(11): 280-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659549
page(s): 295 [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1848). Observations on the Eocene formation, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils of that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, ser. 2.</em> 1(2): 111-134, pls 11-14 (August 1848)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780201
page(s): 125, pl. 13, fig. 23 [details]
source of synonymy Sheldon, P. G. (1917). The Atlantic slope arcas. <em>Palaentographica Americana.</em> 1 (1): 5-101, errata, pls 1-16. [published 31 Jan. 1917]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28432837
page(s): 13, pl. 2 figs 8-12 [details]
page(s): 295 [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1848). Observations on the Eocene formation, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils of that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, ser. 2.</em> 1(2): 111-134, pls 11-14 (August 1848)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780201
page(s): 125, pl. 13, fig. 23 [details]
source of synonymy Sheldon, P. G. (1917). The Atlantic slope arcas. <em>Palaentographica Americana.</em> 1 (1): 5-101, errata, pls 1-16. [published 31 Jan. 1917]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28432837
page(s): 13, pl. 2 figs 8-12 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Vicinity of Vicksburg [details]
