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Squiresica
Taxonomy
Squiresica was named by Hybertsen et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Vesicomyidae by Hybertsen et al. (2022), Kiel et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Vesicomyidae by Hybertsen et al. (2022), Kiel et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2022 | Squiresica Hybertsen et al. p. 704 figs. Figs. 2, 3 |
| 2023 | Squiresica Kiel et al. p. 307 |
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G. †Squiresica Hybertsen et al. 2022
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†Squiresica knapptonensis Amano and Kiel 2007
†Squiresica plana Kiel et al. 2023
†Squiresica yooni Kiel et al. 2023
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. Hybertsen et al. 2022 | Shell small (L up to 50 mm), elongate, weak to moderately inflated; escutcheon narrow, lunular incision in- distinct to well incised, narrow to moderately broad; umbo elevated. Pallial line impressed anteriorly; pallial sinus small and shallow, or even just a slight forward sloping of the pallial line before meeting the posterior adductor muscle scar; hinge plate moderately broad, with thick cardinal 1 radiating anteriorly, cardinal 3a thin, short and parallel to shell margin or reduced, cardinal 3b small, pointing pos- teroventrally, with parallel or somewhat diverging raised edges; subumbonal pit elongate or deep. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 37.71000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | USA (Washington) | S. knapptonensis (226549) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Washington) | S. knapptonensis (205195) | |
| Oligocene | USA (Washington) | S. plana (198619) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Archivesica knapptonensis (91624) S. plana (91619) | |
| Middle Miocene | South Korea | S. yooni (234692) |