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Actinopteria boydii (Conrad, 1842) †
1800460 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1800460)
accepted
Species
Actinopteria boydi [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Actinopteria subdecussata J. Hall, 1883 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (tentative junior subjective synonym)
Avicula angustirostra Conrad, 1842 † · unaccepted (tentative subjective synonym)
Avicula boydii Conrad, 1842 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Avicula perobliqua Conrad, 1842 † · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Avicula pleuroptera Conrad, 1842 † · unaccepted (tentative subjective synonym)
Avicula quadrula Conrad, 1842 † · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Avicula boydii Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 237-238, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 237-238, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details]
Type locality contained in New York
type locality contained in New York [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Actinopteria boydii (Conrad, 1842) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1800460 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Avicula perobliqua Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 235-236, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Avicula angustirostra Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 236 [details]
original description (of Avicula boydii Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 237-238, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Avicula pleuroptera Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 242, pl. 13, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Avicula quadrula Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 243, pl. 13, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Actinopteria subdecussata J. Hall, 1883 †) Hall, J. (1883-1884). Lamellibranchiata I. Plates and Explanations, containing descriptions and figures of the Monomyaria of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups. <em>Natural History of New York, Paleontology.</em> 5(1): i-xviii + 1-268, 79 pls. New York Geological Survey, Albany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54942549
page(s): 8, pl. 17, figs 23, 25-27, 29-31, pl. 19, fig. 25 [details]
basis of record McAlester, A. L. (1962). Upper Devonian Pelecypods of the New York Chemung Stage. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 16: 1-88, 32 pls.
page(s): 27-28, pl. 3, figs 25, 26; note: misspelling of previous authors ("boydi") deliberately accepted [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 235-236, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Avicula angustirostra Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 236 [details]
original description (of Avicula boydii Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 237-238, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Avicula pleuroptera Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 242, pl. 13, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Avicula quadrula Conrad, 1842 †) Conrad, T. A. (1842). Observations on the Silurian and Devonian systems of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 228–280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623226
page(s): 243, pl. 13, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Actinopteria subdecussata J. Hall, 1883 †) Hall, J. (1883-1884). Lamellibranchiata I. Plates and Explanations, containing descriptions and figures of the Monomyaria of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups. <em>Natural History of New York, Paleontology.</em> 5(1): i-xviii + 1-268, 79 pls. New York Geological Survey, Albany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54942549
page(s): 8, pl. 17, figs 23, 25-27, 29-31, pl. 19, fig. 25 [details]
basis of record McAlester, A. L. (1962). Upper Devonian Pelecypods of the New York Chemung Stage. <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 16: 1-88, 32 pls.
page(s): 27-28, pl. 3, figs 25, 26; note: misspelling of previous authors ("boydi") deliberately accepted [details] Available for editors
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