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Bothriembryon praecursor McMichael, 1968 †
1117153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1117153)
accepted
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fossil only
McMichael, D.F. (1968). Non-marine Mollusca from Tertiary rocks in northern Australia. <em>Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin.</em> 80: 133-159.
page(s): 149-150, pl. 11, figs 7-9 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 149-150, pl. 11, figs 7-9 [details] Available for editors

Note 4 miles east-north-east of Deep Well...
Type locality 4 miles east-north-east of Deep Well homestead, near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bothriembryon praecursor McMichael, 1968 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1117153 on 2025-09-11
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McMichael, D.F. (1968). Non-marine Mollusca from Tertiary rocks in northern Australia. <em>Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin.</em> 80: 133-159.
page(s): 149-150, pl. 11, figs 7-9 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Kendrick, G.W. (2005). A new species of <em>Bothriembryon</em> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bulimulidae) from the Pliocene Roe Calcarenite, Eucla Basin, Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 22: 309-313.
page(s): 312 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Whisson, C. S.; Ryan, H. E. (2019). Review of the fossil record of the Australian land snail genus Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bothriembryontidae): new distributional and geological data. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 34(1): 38-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.34(1).2019.038-050 [details]
redescription Ryan, H. E.; Travouillon, K. J.; Milne, L. A.; Martin, S. K.; Thorn, K. M.; Whisson, C. S. (2024). A new <i>Bothriembryon</i> from the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, with insights on the age of <i>Bothriembryon praecursor</i> from Kangaroo Well, Northern Territory. <em>Alcheringa.</em> 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2024.2323472
page(s): figs 5C-D, H-I, 7 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 149-150, pl. 11, figs 7-9 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Kendrick, G.W. (2005). A new species of <em>Bothriembryon</em> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bulimulidae) from the Pliocene Roe Calcarenite, Eucla Basin, Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 22: 309-313.
page(s): 312 [details] Available for editors

additional source Whisson, C. S.; Ryan, H. E. (2019). Review of the fossil record of the Australian land snail genus Bothriembryon Pilsbry, 1894 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bothriembryontidae): new distributional and geological data. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 34(1): 38-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.18195/issn.0312-3162.34(1).2019.038-050 [details]
redescription Ryan, H. E.; Travouillon, K. J.; Milne, L. A.; Martin, S. K.; Thorn, K. M.; Whisson, C. S. (2024). A new <i>Bothriembryon</i> from the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, with insights on the age of <i>Bothriembryon praecursor</i> from Kangaroo Well, Northern Territory. <em>Alcheringa.</em> 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2024.2323472
page(s): figs 5C-D, H-I, 7 [details] Available for editors





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Type locality 4 miles east-north-east of Deep Well homestead, near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia [details]