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Taxonomy
Arca galei was named by Wiedey (1928). Its type specimen is SDSNH 21, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 427, Benedict Canyon, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bellonii, A. bravoensis, A. cancellata, A. carinata, A. gurgitis, A. limatella, A. macnairyensis, A. montensis, A. nana, A. pakistanica, A. pergracilis, A. securiculata, A. tailleburgensis, A. triasina, A. halmyrus, A. montensis, A. fruthi, A. stillicidum, A. mikkula, A. waltonia, A. fracta, A. gabrielis, A. veatchi
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Arca galei Wiedey p. 129 figs. Plate 13, figure 8 |
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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.
†Arca galei Wiedey 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | Arca galei (type locality: 220068) |