Retusa galba (Conrad, 1833)

Cunha, Carlo M. & Salvador, Rodrigo B., 2018, Type specimens of fossil " Architectibranchia " and Cephalaspidea (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Zoosystematics and Evolution 94 (2), pp. 505-527 : 505

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27401

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:09EC3F78-C68C-4F9C-A76D-008DDAE13B3E

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/25239C6E-4887-19D0-7400-B585905C38C0

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scientific name

Retusa galba (Conrad, 1833)
status

 

Retusa galba (Conrad, 1833) Figure 5 G–H

Volvaria galba Conrad, 1833a: 34, pl. 18, fig. 2.

Type locality.

Claiborne Bluff, Alabama River, Monroe County, Alabama, USA; stratum: Gosport Sand (uppermost Claiborne Group); age: Middle Eocene.

Type material.

Lectotype, ANSP IP30548 (designation by Palmer and Brann 1966: 878; as “lectotype?” in Moore 1962: 62); paralectotypes, ANSP IP53816, 3 shells, ANSP IP53817, 1 shell, ANSP IP30549, 8 shells (all as "probable syntypes" in Richards 1968: 136).

Current taxonomic status.

Retusa (Cylichnina) galba (Conrad, 1833) ( Palmer and Brann 1966).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

SubClass

Heterobranchia

SuperOrder

Heterobranchia

Order

Cephalaspidea

SuperFamily

Bulloidea

Family

Retusidae

Genus

Retusa