Retusa sthillairii (Lea, 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/BA1D0806-26B2-5FD6-F921-4AD5B10B2A6C

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Zoosystematics and Evolution by Pensoft

scientific name

Retusa sthillairii (Lea, 1833)
status

 

Retusa sthillairii (Lea, 1833) Figure 5 I–J

Bulla St. Hillairii Lea, 1833: 98, pl. 4, fig. 78.

Type locality.

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

Type material.

Lectotype, ANSP IP5486, 1 shell (designation by Palmer 1937: 481; as “holotype” in Palmer and Brann 1966: 878); paralectotypes, ANSP IP5487, 1 shell, ANSP IP5488, 1 shell, ANSP IP5489, 1 shell, ANSP IP5490, 1 shell, ANSP IP5491, 1 shell, ANSP IP5487, 1 shell (all [including ANSP IP5486] as “types” in Richards 1968: 191).

Current taxonomic status.

Retusa 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