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Mytilarca boucoti
Taxonomy
Mytilarca boucoti was named by Kriz et al. (2011). Its type specimen is JK 17 942, a valve (right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 10RB10, East of Hoonah Airport, which is in a Homerian/Gorstian carbonate siltstone/limestone in the Kennel Creek Formation of Alaska.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Mytilarca boucoti Kriz et al. p. 245 fig. 3A–Q |
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†Mytilarca boucoti Kriz et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. Kriz et al. 2011 | Silurian Mytilarca with postero-ventrally elongated, ovate shells, and with hinge composed of two or three slightly elongated anterior cardinal teeth and two posterior lateral teeth. |