Molluscabase - Neptunella Meek, 1876 †

MolluscaBase name details

Neptunella Meek, 1876 †

AphiaID

1740661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740661)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Neptunella Gray, 1854; Rhombopsis is a replacement name)

Accepted Name

Rhombopsis J. A. Gardner, 1916 †

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Fusus newberryi Meek & Hayden, 1856 † accepted as Rhombopsis newberryi (Meek & Hayden, 1856) † (type by original designation)

Parent

Pyrifusinae Bandel & Stinnesbeck, 2000 †

Orig. name

Neptunella Meek, 1876 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Meek, F.B. (1864). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Cretaceous and Jurassic. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 177: ii + 1–40 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817685
page(s): 38 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Neptunella Meek, 1876 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740661 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-03-01 19:07:42Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description Meek, F.B. (1864). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Cretaceous and Jurassic. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 177: ii + 1–40 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817685
page(s): 38 [details]