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Bulimus politus F. E. Edwards, 1852 †
1261821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261821)
unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not Porro, 1838 nor Reeve, 1848; Nystia headonensis Curry, 1960 is as replacement name)
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Edwards, F. E. (1852). A monograph of the Eocene Mollusca, or descriptions of shells from the Older Tertiaries of England. Part II. Pulmonata. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 6 (18): 57-122, pl. 10-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12894018
page(s): 73, pl. 11, figs 1a-d [details]
page(s): 73, pl. 11, figs 1a-d [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
, Note Headon Hill near Totland, Isle of Wight,...
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
Type locality Headon Hill near Totland, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom; Headon Hill Formation, Priabonian, late Eocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bulimus politus F. E. Edwards, 1852 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261821 on 2025-09-11
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Edwards, F. E. (1852). A monograph of the Eocene Mollusca, or descriptions of shells from the Older Tertiaries of England. Part II. Pulmonata. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 6 (18): 57-122, pl. 10-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12894018
page(s): 73, pl. 11, figs 1a-d [details]
status source Curry, D. (1960). New names for some common English Lower Tertiary molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 33(6): 265-277.
page(s): 270 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 73, pl. 11, figs 1a-d [details]
status source Curry, D. (1960). New names for some common English Lower Tertiary molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 33(6): 265-277.
page(s): 270 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Headon Hill near Totland, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom; Headon Hill Formation, Priabonian, late Eocene [details]
