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Protocyprina H. E. Vokes, 1946 †
1515809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1515809)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Genus
Astarte libanotica Fraas, 1878 † accepted as Eomiodon libanoticus (Fraas, 1878) † (type by original designation)
- Species Protocyprina libanotica (Fraas, 1878) † accepted as Eomiodon libanoticus (Fraas, 1878) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Protocyprina naumanni (Neumayr, 1890) † accepted as Hayamina naumanni (Neumayr, 1890) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Vokes, H.E. (1946). Contributions to the paleontology of the Lebanon Mountains, Republic of Lebanon. Part 3, The pelecypod fauna of the "Olive Locality" (Aptian) at Abeih. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 87(3): 139-216., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1196
page(s): 170 [details]
page(s): 170 [details]
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Vokes, H.E. (1946). Contributions to the paleontology of the Lebanon Mountains, Republic of Lebanon. Part 3, The pelecypod fauna of the "Olive Locality" (Aptian) at Abeih. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 87(3): 139-216., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1196
page(s): 170 [details]
additional source Hayami, I.; Nakai, I. (1965). On a Lower Cretaceous pelecypod, "<em>Cyrena</em>" <em>naumanni</em>, from Japan. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, new series.</em> 59: 114-125. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Casey, R. (1955). The Neomiodontidae, a new family of Arcticacea (Pelecypoda). <em>Malacological Society of London, Proceedings.</em> 31(5-6): 208-222, pl. 11.
page(s): 216 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Böttcher, R. (1982). Die Abu Ballas Formation (Lingula Shale) (Apt?) der Nubischen Gruppe Südwest-Ägyptens. Eine Beschreibung der Formation unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Paläontologie. <em>Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, A.</em> 39: 1-145.
page(s): 52; note: synonymy implied by combining the type species with Eomiodon [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 170 [details]
additional source Hayami, I.; Nakai, I. (1965). On a Lower Cretaceous pelecypod, "<em>Cyrena</em>" <em>naumanni</em>, from Japan. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, new series.</em> 59: 114-125. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Casey, R. (1955). The Neomiodontidae, a new family of Arcticacea (Pelecypoda). <em>Malacological Society of London, Proceedings.</em> 31(5-6): 208-222, pl. 11.
page(s): 216 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Böttcher, R. (1982). Die Abu Ballas Formation (Lingula Shale) (Apt?) der Nubischen Gruppe Südwest-Ägyptens. Eine Beschreibung der Formation unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Paläontologie. <em>Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, A.</em> 39: 1-145.
page(s): 52; note: synonymy implied by combining the type species with Eomiodon [details] Available for editors
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Synonymy Considered a synonym of Eomiodon by Cox (1955) and Böttcher (1982), while Hayami & Nakai (1965), being aware of Cox's assessment, treat it as valid genus. [details]
