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Helicina ballista Dall, 1890 †
1345640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1345640)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Helicina ballista var. tampae Dall, 1890 † accepted as Oligyra tampae (Dall, 1890) † (superseded rank and combination)
fossil only
Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 3, pl. 1, figs 2-2a [details]
page(s): 3, pl. 1, figs 2-2a [details]
Note Dall gave localities for both the species...
Type locality Dall gave localities for both the species Helicina ballista and the variety H. ballista var. tampae, but it is uncertain if both are found at all localities: "Ballast Point silex-beds, upper part, and also in the overlying Orbitolite rock, and in the latter at Six-Mile Run, near Orient Station, east from Tampa City", Florida, United States [details]
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Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science.</em> 3(1): 1-200 [1890]; 3(2): 201-474 [1892]; 3(3): 475-570, and plates for part 1: pp. 179-190, pl. 1-12; plates for part 2: pp. 449-458, pl. 13-22 [1895]; 3(4): [i]-viii, 571-948, pl. 23-35; [1898]; 3(5): 949-1218, pl. 36-47 [1900]; 3(6): [i]-xiv, 1219-1654, pl. 48-60 [27 October1903]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98240
page(s): 3, pl. 1, figs 2-2a [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
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page(s): 3, pl. 1, figs 2-2a [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
page(s): 159 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality Dall gave localities for both the species Helicina ballista and the variety H. ballista var. tampae, but it is uncertain if both are found at all localities: "Ballast Point silex-beds, upper part, and also in the overlying Orbitolite rock, and in the latter at Six-Mile Run, near Orient Station, east from Tampa City", Florida, United States [details]
