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Mesalia ortoni Gabb, 1869 †
1063883 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1063883)
unaccepted > superseded combination
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fossil only
Gabb, W. M. (1869). Descriptions of fossils from the clay deposits of the Upper Amazon. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(4): 197-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070306
page(s): 198, pl. 16, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 198, pl. 16, fig. 3 [details]
Note "a high bluff at Pebas, on the Ambiyacu River,...
Type locality "a high bluff at Pebas, on the Ambiyacu River, two miles above its confluence with the Marañon, near the Southern border of Ecuador", Peru [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mesalia ortoni Gabb, 1869 †. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1063883 on 2025-07-12
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Gabb, W. M. (1869). Descriptions of fossils from the clay deposits of the Upper Amazon. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(4): 197-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070306
page(s): 198, pl. 16, fig. 3 [details]
new combination reference Wesselingh, F.P. (2006). Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 133: 19-290., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/41346
page(s): 61, figs 15j, 49-50 [details]
page(s): 198, pl. 16, fig. 3 [details]
new combination reference Wesselingh, F.P. (2006). Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 133: 19-290., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/41346
page(s): 61, figs 15j, 49-50 [details]
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Type locality "a high bluff at Pebas, on the Ambiyacu River, two miles above its confluence with the Marañon, near the Southern border of Ecuador", Peru [details]
