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Pleurotoma lunata H. C. Lea, 1843 †
1464812 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1464812)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
Pleurotoma lunatum H. C. Lea, 1843 † · unaccepted (wrong gender agreement of...)
wrong gender agreement of specific epithet
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pleurotoma lunatum H. C. Lea, 1843 †) Lea, H. C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp. [Published before 18 October 1843. A separate and advanced publication of H.C. Lea 1846, with the same title].
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
Type locality contained in Virginia
type locality contained in Virginia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma lunata H. C. Lea, 1843 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1464812 on 2025-09-11
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(of Pleurotoma lunatum H. C. Lea, 1843 †) Lea, H. C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp. [Published before 18 October 1843. A separate and advanced publication of H.C. Lea 1846, with the same title].
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
