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Publication MacNeil (1935): summary

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MacNeil, F.S. 1935. Fresh-water mollusks from the Catahoula Sandstone (Miocene) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 9: 10-17. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Costanaia MacNeil, 1935

MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 12.
Type species: Costanaia arciformis MacNeil, 1935 (orig. desig.) = Costanaia arciformis

Megalonoidea MacNeil, 1935

MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 13.
Type species: Megalonoidea porcata MacNeil, 1935 (orig. desig.) = Amblema porcata

Attributed Nominal Species

Costanaia arciformis MacNeil, 1935 = Costanaia arciformis

MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 13, pl. 3, figs. 3-12; pl. 5, figs. 14-15.

Loxopleurus belliplicatus MacNeil, 1935 = Protamblema belliplicatus

MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: pl. 4, fig. 1.
(reference to Unio belliplicatus Meek, 1870; renamed Protamblema belliplicata macneili Modell, 1957)

Lampsilis bowlingi MacNeil, 1935 = Ligumia bowlingi

MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 17, pl. 5, figs. 12-13.

Arkansia macneili Modell, 1957 = Arcidens macneili

MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 15, pl. 5, fig. 5 [as ‘Unidentified fragments probably related to the Quadrula group’].
Modell, 1957. Arch. Moll. 86: 191.

Lampsilis marshalli MacNeil, 1935 = Lampsilis marshalli

MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: ??.

Megalonoidea porcata MacNeil, 1935 = Amblema porcata

MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 14, pl. 4, figs. 2, 5-6.

Megalonoidea rugicosta MacNeil, 1935 = Amblema rugicosta

MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 15, pl. 4, fig. 3; pl. 5, figs. 3-4.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema costata Rafinesque = Amblema plicata

Costanaia arciformis n. sp.

Elliptio cornelliana (Maury, 1902)

Lampsilis bowlingi n. sp. = Ligumia bowlingi

Lampsilis marshalli n. sp.

Loxopleurus belliplicatus Meek = Protamblema belliplicatus

Megalonoidea porcata n. sp. = Amblema porcata

Megalonoidea rugicosta n. sp. = Amblema rugicosta

 
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