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Giffordius pinchoti Pilsbry, 1930
1064134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1064134)
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Pilsbry, H. A. (1930). <i>Giffordius pinchoti</i> n. g., n. sp. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 43(4): 142-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515196
page(s): 142-143 [details]
page(s): 142-143 [details]
Etymology Named for the American forester, politician, leader, and financier of the Pinchot South Sea Expedition (1929), Gifford...
Etymology Named for the American forester, politician, leader, and financier of the Pinchot South Sea Expedition (1929), Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946). [details]
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Pilsbry, H. A. (1930). <i>Giffordius pinchoti</i> n. g., n. sp. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 43(4): 142-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515196
page(s): 142-143 [details]
basis of record Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. <em>Malacologia.</em> 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494
page(s): 89 [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1930). Results of the Pinchot South Sea Expedition - I. Land mollusks of the Caribbean Islands, Grand Cayman, Swan, Old Providence and St. Andrew. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 82: 221-261, pls 15-19. Philadelphia.
page(s): 249-251, text-figure 9, pl. 15, figs. 5, 5a-c [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 142-143 [details]
basis of record Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors

additional source Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. <em>Malacologia.</em> 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494
page(s): 89 [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1930). Results of the Pinchot South Sea Expedition - I. Land mollusks of the Caribbean Islands, Grand Cayman, Swan, Old Providence and St. Andrew. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 82: 221-261, pls 15-19. Philadelphia.
page(s): 249-251, text-figure 9, pl. 15, figs. 5, 5a-c [details] Available for editors

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Etymology Named for the American forester, politician, leader, and financier of the Pinchot South Sea Expedition (1929), Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946). [details]