MolluscaBase name details
Metoptoma rugosa J. Hall, 1847 †
1415266 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1415266)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior secondary homonym of Patella rugosa J. Sowerby, 1816; Helcion subrugosus is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Hall J. (1847). Palaeontology of New York, vol. 1, Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system, (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). <em>Albany: C. van Benthuysen.</em> xxiii+1-338., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55227010
page(s): 306, pl. 83, figs. 6a-c [details]
page(s): 306, pl. 83, figs. 6a-c [details]
Note Near Troy, New York, U. S. A.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Near Troy, New York, U. S. A. [details]
Homonymy D'Orbigny [1850, Prodrome de paléontologie: 9] transfered Metoptoma rugosa to the genus Helcion, treated it as a junior...
Homonymy D'Orbigny [1850, Prodrome de paléontologie: 9] transfered Metoptoma rugosa to the genus Helcion, treated it as a junior secondary homonym of Patella rugosa J. Sowerby, 1816, and established for it the replacement name Helcion subrugosa d'Orbigny, 1850. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metoptoma rugosa J. Hall, 1847 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415266 on 2025-09-11
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Hall J. (1847). Palaeontology of New York, vol. 1, Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system, (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). <em>Albany: C. van Benthuysen.</em> xxiii+1-338., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55227010
page(s): 306, pl. 83, figs. 6a-c [details]
basis of record Knight, J. B. (1941). Paleozoic gastropod genotypes. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 31: 1-510., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/spe32
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 306, pl. 83, figs. 6a-c [details]
basis of record Knight, J. B. (1941). Paleozoic gastropod genotypes. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 31: 1-510., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/spe32
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Homonymy D'Orbigny [1850, Prodrome de paléontologie: 9] transfered Metoptoma rugosa to the genus Helcion, treated it as a junior secondary homonym of Patella rugosa J. Sowerby, 1816, and established for it the replacement name Helcion subrugosa d'Orbigny, 1850. [details]Type locality Near Troy, New York, U. S. A. [details]
