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Barbatia (Cucullaearca) lima

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Taxonomy
Byssoarca lima was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 30642, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Navicula lima by Conrad (1854); it was recombined as Cucullaearca lima by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Arca lima by Heilprin (1881); it was recombined as Barbatia (Cucullaearca) lima by Dockery (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Byssoarca lima Conrad p. 295
1854Navicula lima Conrad p. 29
1865Cucullaearca lima Conrad p. 11
1881Arca lima Heilprin p. 449
1982Barbatia (Cucullaearca) lima Dockery pp. 327-328

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyArcidaeLamarck 1809
genusBarbatiaGray 1842
subgenusCucullaearca(Conrad 1865)
specieslima()

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.

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