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Acteon elegans (I. Lea, 1833) †
1348974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1348974)
unaccepted
Species
Monoptygma elegans I. Lea, 1833 † · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Monoptygma elegans I. Lea, 1833 †) Lea, I. (1833). Contributions to Geology. 227 pp., 6 pls. Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17592495
page(s): 203, pl. 6 fig. 217 [details]
page(s): 203, pl. 6 fig. 217 [details]
Type locality contained in Alabama
type locality contained in Alabama [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acteon elegans (I. Lea, 1833) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1111/10.1111/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348974 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Monoptygma elegans I. Lea, 1833 †) Lea, I. (1833). Contributions to Geology. 227 pp., 6 pls. Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17592495
page(s): 203, pl. 6 fig. 217 [details]
basis of record Cunha, C. M. & Salvador, R. B. (2018). Type specimens of fossil “Architectibranchia” and Cephalaspidea (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 94(2): 505-527., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27401
page(s): 509, fig. 1S [details]
page(s): 203, pl. 6 fig. 217 [details]
basis of record Cunha, C. M. & Salvador, R. B. (2018). Type specimens of fossil “Architectibranchia” and Cephalaspidea (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 94(2): 505-527., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27401
page(s): 509, fig. 1S [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
