MolluscaBase name details
Pectunculus acuticostatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †
1439313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439313)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pectunculus Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Tucetona Iredale, 1939
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 53, pl. 10, fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 53, pl. 10, fig. 13 [details]
Type locality contained in Dominican Republic
type locality contained in Dominican Republic (origin: native) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pectunculus acuticostatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439313 on 2025-03-11
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original description
Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 53, pl. 10, fig. 13 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1911). Fossils from Springvale, near Couva, Trinidad. <em>Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Society Papers.</em> no. 454: 1-10, pls. 1-2, 1 unnumbered pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46554276
page(s): 5 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36164710
page(s): 293 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 532 [details]
page(s): 53, pl. 10, fig. 13 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1911). Fossils from Springvale, near Couva, Trinidad. <em>Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Society Papers.</em> no. 454: 1-10, pls. 1-2, 1 unnumbered pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46554276
page(s): 5 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36164710
page(s): 293 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 532 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
