Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Alternative combinations: Cypricardia imbricata, Modiolopsis imbricata

Synonyms: Cypricardia arcodes Dana 1847, Merismopteria arcodes Dana 1847, Modiola crassissima M'Coy 1847, Modiolopsis arcodes Dana 1847

Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160

Belongs to Merismopteria according to J. B. Waterhouse 1988

See also Dana 1847, Dana 1849, Etheridge 1919 and M'Coy 1847

Sister taxa: Merismopteria macroptera, Merismopteria salinensis

Type specimens:

• Merismopteria imbricata: USNM 3641. Its type locality is Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Allandale Formation of Australia.
• Modiola crassissima: Its type locality is Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (W.B. Clarke coll), which is in a Sakmarian coastal sandstone in the Allandale Formation of Australia.
• Modiolopsis arcodes: USNM 3646. Its type locality is Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Allandale Formation of Australia.

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