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Taxonomy
Lucina scopularis was named by Casey (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 481671, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Myrtea (Myrtea) scopularis by Dockery (1982).
It was recombined as Myrtea (Myrtea) scopularis by Dockery (1982).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1903 | Lucina scopularis Casey pp. 263-264 |
1982 | Myrtea (Myrtea) scopularis Dockery p. 58 |
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†Myrtea (Myrtea) scopularis Casey 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available