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Turritella alticostata Conrad, 1834 †
1472875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1472875)
accepted
Species
Turritella (Haustator) alticosta Conrad, 1834 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Turritella variabilis var. alticostata Conrad, 1834 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Conrad, T. A. (1834). Appendix. Descriptions of new Tertiary fossils from the southern states. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (1) 7(1): 130–157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676784
page(s): 144 [details]
page(s): 144 [details]
Type locality contained in Maryland, Virginia
, Note "James river, Va.; Choptank river, Md."
Type locality "James river, Va.; Choptank river, Md." [details]
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Conrad, T. A. (1834). Appendix. Descriptions of new Tertiary fossils from the southern states. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (1) 7(1): 130–157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676784
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1863). Catalogue of the Miocene shells of the Atlantic slope. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(10-12): 559-582. [Published after 12 January 1863, before 26 February 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1952033
page(s): p. 567. [details]
additional source Gardner, J. A. (1948). Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 199-B: 179-310, pls 24-38., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0199b/report.pdf
page(s): p. 196, pl. 27, fig. 17. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Antill, J. (1974). Another fossil ovoviviparous <i>Turritella</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 88(2): 67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097404 [details]
additional source Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): p. 32, n. 450. [details]
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1863). Catalogue of the Miocene shells of the Atlantic slope. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14(10-12): 559-582. [Published after 12 January 1863, before 26 February 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1952033
page(s): p. 567. [details]
additional source Gardner, J. A. (1948). Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 199-B: 179-310, pls 24-38., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0199b/report.pdf
page(s): p. 196, pl. 27, fig. 17. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Antill, J. (1974). Another fossil ovoviviparous <i>Turritella</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 88(2): 67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097404 [details]
additional source Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): p. 32, n. 450. [details]
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Type locality "James river, Va.; Choptank river, Md." [details]
