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Voluta triplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †
1439533 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439533)
unaccepted > junior homonym (junior primary homonym of V. triplicata Donovan, 1802)
Species
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): 262, pl. 4, fig. 74 [details]
page(s): 262, pl. 4, fig. 74 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Voluta triplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439533 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): 262, pl. 4, fig. 74 [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 Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 70, pl. 7, fig. 8-10 [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
page(s): 307, pl. 24, fig. 5-8 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Nielsen, S. N.; Frassinetti, D. (2007). The Neogene Volutidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Pacific Coast of Chile. <em>Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 81(1): 82–102., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[82:tnvgnf]2.0.co;2
page(s): 86, fig. 5.1-5.8 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 262, pl. 4, fig. 74 [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 Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 70, pl. 7, fig. 8-10 [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
page(s): 307, pl. 24, fig. 5-8 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Nielsen, S. N.; Frassinetti, D. (2007). The Neogene Volutidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Pacific Coast of Chile. <em>Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 81(1): 82–102., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[82:tnvgnf]2.0.co;2
page(s): 86, fig. 5.1-5.8 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Syntype NHMUK BMNH G.26412, geounit Chile [details]
