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Papyrotheca idahoensis Yen, 1946 †
1422341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1422341)
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Yen, T.-C. (1946). Late Tertiary Fresh-Water Mollusks from Southeastern Idaho. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 20(5): 485-494.
page(s): 493, pl. 76, fig. 19 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 493, pl. 76, fig. 19 [details] Available for editors
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Note 9 miles northwest of Montpelier, Bear Lake...
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Type locality 9 miles northwest of Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States; Salt Lake Formation, late Miocene to early Pliocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Papyrotheca idahoensis Yen, 1946 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1422341 on 2025-09-11
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Yen, T.-C. (1946). Late Tertiary Fresh-Water Mollusks from Southeastern Idaho. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 20(5): 485-494.
page(s): 493, pl. 76, fig. 19 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 493, pl. 76, fig. 19 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification The generic classification is very doubtful, since Papyrotheca is considered endemic to the Mio-Pliocene Lake Pannon in Europe. [details]Type locality 9 miles northwest of Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States; Salt Lake Formation, late Miocene to early Pliocene [details]
