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Melania muricata var. excavata J. Morris, 1856 †
1422641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1422641)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Variety
fossil only
Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 151, pl. 3, fig. 17 [details]
page(s): 151, pl. 3, fig. 17 [details]
Note "In the Bembridge series, very abundant,...
Type locality "In the Bembridge series, very abundant, imbedded in shelly green marls", Isle of Wight, Great Britain (no exact locality given) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Melania muricata var. excavata J. Morris, 1856 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1422641 on 2025-04-02
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Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 151, pl. 3, fig. 17 [details]
page(s): 151, pl. 3, fig. 17 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality "In the Bembridge series, very abundant, imbedded in shelly green marls", Isle of Wight, Great Britain (no exact locality given) [details]
