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Strombus contortus Forbes, 1846 †
1439420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439420)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Forbes, E. (1846). Report on the fossil Invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 7(3): 97-174, pls 7-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36198226#page/111/mode/1up
page(s): 129, pl. 15, fig. 9; note: authorship attributed to G. B. Sowerby I based on a manuscript, but there is no evidence that the description actually derived from that author [details]
page(s): 129, pl. 15, fig. 9; note: authorship attributed to G. B. Sowerby I based on a manuscript, but there is no evidence that the description actually derived from that author [details]
Type locality contained in Tamil Nadu
type locality contained in Tamil Nadu [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Strombus contortus Forbes, 1846 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439420 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Forbes, E. (1846). Report on the fossil Invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 7(3): 97-174, pls 7-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36198226#page/111/mode/1up
page(s): 129, pl. 15, fig. 9; note: authorship attributed to G. B. Sowerby I based on a manuscript, but there is no evidence that the description actually derived from that author [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]
page(s): 129, pl. 15, fig. 9; note: authorship attributed to G. B. Sowerby I based on a manuscript, but there is no evidence that the description actually derived from that author [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
