Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes, 1845)

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/D34E6C74-F95D-1569-27ED-C88DAF090C3F
treatment provided by	Zoosystematics and Evolution by Pensoft
scientific name	Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes, 1845)
status

Treatment

Bulla mortoni Forbes, 1845: 63, fig. A.

Type locality.

New Jersey, USA; stratum: uncertain [likely Navesink Formation]; age: Cretaceous.

Type material.

Holotype not found; could be in Charles Lyell’s fossil collections (John Sime, pers. comm.), presently in the Natural History Museum (London, UK) and Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Oxford, UK).

Current taxonomic status.

Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes, 1845) ( Richards and Ramsdell 1962, Sohl 1964).