Arca verneuilliana De Koninck, 1842
Original source
De Koninck (1842): 120, pl. 2 fig. 12a–d; originally as “ Verneuilliana ”.
Type stratum and age
“calcaire de Visé”; V3b and V3c, Visean, Mississippian, Carboniferous (Demanet 1958: 29; Godefroid et al. 2006).
Type locality
“ Visé ”; quarries south of Visé, on the east side of the Meuse River valley (Demanet 1958; Godefroid et al. 2006), Belgium.
Type material
The syntypes are stored in the collection of the Géologie de l’Université Lyon. None of the specimens match the figure perfectly, only the BV syntype UCBL-EM 35391 seems to be the illustrated one (fig. 12c). Additional, but not figured, material (UCBL-EM 35392 to 35396) is available. We also found a specimen labelled as syntype (A83703) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (JCF pers. obs.), but its status as such is unclear.
Remarks
Placed in Parallelodon by De Koninck (1885) and Hind (1897). Misspelt as “ verneuilianus ” in all subsequent publications.
Publication Date: 2026-06-04