MolluscaBase taxon details
Plesiotriton cretaceus Sohl, 1961 †
1392705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1392705)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sohl, N. F. (1961 (1960)). Archaegastropoda, Mesogastropoda and stratigraphy of the Ripley Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 331-A: 151 pp., 18 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp331A
page(s): 128, pl. 18, fig. 35, 41-42 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 128, pl. 18, fig. 35, 41-42 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 128569, geounit Mississippi
Holotype USNM 128569, geounit Mississippi [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plesiotriton cretaceus Sohl, 1961 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1392705 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Sohl, N. F. (1961 (1960)). Archaegastropoda, Mesogastropoda and stratigraphy of the Ripley Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 331-A: 151 pp., 18 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp331A
page(s): 128, pl. 18, fig. 35, 41-42 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Beu, A. G.; Maxwell, P. A. (1987). A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to <i>Plesiotriton</i> Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to <i>Colubraria</i> Schumacher, 1817. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 54: 1-140. [details]
page(s): 128, pl. 18, fig. 35, 41-42 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Beu, A. G.; Maxwell, P. A. (1987). A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to <i>Plesiotriton</i> Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to <i>Colubraria</i> Schumacher, 1817. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 54: 1-140. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 128569, geounit Mississippi [details]
