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Taxonomy
Arca delicatula was named by Casey (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 997, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Anadara (Scapharca) delicatula by Schenck and Reinhart (1938); it was recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) delicatula by Dockery (1982).
It was recombined as Anadara (Scapharca) delicatula by Schenck and Reinhart (1938); it was recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) delicatula by Dockery (1982).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Arca delicatula Casey p. 265 |
| 1938 | Anadara (Scapharca) delicatula Schenck and Reinhart pp. 60-62 |
| 1982 | Scapharca (Scapharca) delicatula Dockery p. 33 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Scapharca (Scapharca) delicatula Casey 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subf = subfamily, f = family | |||||
| References: Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||