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Paludina circinata Greppin, 1855 †
1263166 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1263166)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Paludina A. Férussac, 1812 accepted as Viviparus Montfort, 1810
fossil only
Greppin, J.-B. (1855). Notes géologiques sur les terrains modernes, quaternaires et tertiaires du Jura bernois et en particulier du Val de Delémont. Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles. 14 (5), 1-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13246941
page(s): 29, 71, pl. 3, fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 29, 71, pl. 3, fig. 11 [details]
Note Sornetan and Tramelan, Bern, Switzerland; late...
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Type locality Sornetan and Tramelan, Bern, Switzerland; late Burdigalian to Serravallian (?), early to middle Miocene [details]
Taxonomic remark Given the different ages of the strata from which Merian's original record (nomen nudum) and Greppin's species comes from,...
Taxonomic remark Given the different ages of the strata from which Merian's original record (nomen nudum) and Greppin's species comes from, they might represent different species. Wenz (1923) seemed to have thought the same and listed Greppin's record only as "part.! non p. 71!". However, the considered Merian's record a valid introduction. Revision required! [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Paludina circinata Greppin, 1855 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263166 on 2025-09-11
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Greppin, J.-B. (1855). Notes géologiques sur les terrains modernes, quaternaires et tertiaires du Jura bernois et en particulier du Val de Delémont. Nouveaux Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles. 14 (5), 1-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13246941
page(s): 29, 71, pl. 3, fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 29, 71, pl. 3, fig. 11 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Nomen nudum in Merian (1849). [details]Taxonomic remark Given the different ages of the strata from which Merian's original record (nomen nudum) and Greppin's species comes from, they might represent different species. Wenz (1923) seemed to have thought the same and listed Greppin's record only as "part.! non p. 71!". However, the considered Merian's record a valid introduction. Revision required! [details]
Type locality Sornetan and Tramelan, Bern, Switzerland; late Burdigalian to Serravallian (?), early to middle Miocene [details]
