Dicerocardium curionii Stoppani, 1860

Teruzzi, Giorgio, 2015, The Stoppani Collection of Large Bivalves (Bivalvia, Megalodontida) from the Upper Triassic of Lombardy, Italy, Natural History Sciences 2 (1), pp. 15-24 : 17

Dicerocardium curionii Stoppani, 1860 -1865

MSNM i28035 - Fig. 5

Dicerocardium curionii Stoppani, 1860 -65, T. 51, figs. 1-3.

Slightly damaged plaster cast of an internal mould of a specimen originally in the Stoppani collection and lost in 1943.

MSNM i28036 a,b - Fig. 6

Dicerocardium curionii Stoppani, 1860 -65. T. 52.

Reconstructions of the left and right valves of the original shell. The interior surface was based on the plaster cast of a specimen in the Stoppani collection illustrated in T. 51, figs. 1-3, of which the previously cited cast has survived. The exterior of the shell was based on the original illustrated in T. 51, figs. 4 and 5, of the Curioni Collection, and is considered lost.

Figures

Fig.5 - MSNM i28035. Dicerocardium curionii Stoppani 1860-65; plaster cast of a specimen from Stoppani collection. A) anterior view. B) lateral view. C) posterior view. Stoppani, 1860-65, Tav. 51, fig. 1-3. x 0.43 ca.

Fig.6 - MSNM i28036 a,b. Dicerocardium curionii Stoppani, 1860-65. Reconstruction of A) right valve and B) left valve. Stoppani, 1860-65. Tav. 52. x 0.5 ca.