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Cucullaea alta G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †
1438890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438890)
accepted
Species
Cucullaea (Monteleonia) marshalli Zinsmeister, 1981 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cucullaea marshalli Zinsmeister, 1981 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 252, pl. 2, figs. 22, 23 [details]
page(s): 252, pl. 2, figs. 22, 23 [details]
Type locality contained in Argentina
type locality contained in Argentina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cucullaea alta G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438890 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 252, pl. 2, figs. 22, 23 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ihering, H. von. (1899). Die Conchylien der patagonischen Formation. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geoologie und Palaeontologie.</em> Volume 2, pp. 1-54, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44186012
page(s): 13 [details]
additional source del Río, C. J. & Camacho, H. H. (1998). Tertiary nuculoids and arcoids of eastern Patagonia (Argentina). <em>Palaeontographica A.</em> 250(1-3): 47-88.
page(s): 73, pl. 5, fig. 4, pl. 7, fig. 4-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Frassinetti, D. (2001). Moluscos bivalvos y gastrópodos del Mioceno marino de Isla Stokes, sur de Chile. <em>Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile.</em> 50: 73-90.
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 252, pl. 2, figs. 22, 23 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ihering, H. von. (1899). Die Conchylien der patagonischen Formation. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geoologie und Palaeontologie.</em> Volume 2, pp. 1-54, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44186012
page(s): 13 [details]
additional source del Río, C. J. & Camacho, H. H. (1998). Tertiary nuculoids and arcoids of eastern Patagonia (Argentina). <em>Palaeontographica A.</em> 250(1-3): 47-88.
page(s): 73, pl. 5, fig. 4, pl. 7, fig. 4-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Frassinetti, D. (2001). Moluscos bivalvos y gastrópodos del Mioceno marino de Isla Stokes, sur de Chile. <em>Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile.</em> 50: 73-90.
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype NHMUK NHM-L27685 [details]
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