MolluscaBase - Margaritifera (Pseudunio) saharica Mongin, 1968 †

Traits name details

Margaritifera (Pseudunio) saharica Mongin, 1968 †

AphiaID

1503279 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1503279)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Cumberlandia saharica (Mongin, 1968) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Margaritifera (Pseudunio) F. Haas, 1910 accepted as Pseudunio F. Haas, 1910

Original name

Margaritifera (Pseudunio) saharica Mongin, 1968 †

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Mongin, D.; Lapparent, A.F.d. (1968). Étude paléontologique de Lamellibranches limniques récoltés dans le Crétacé inférieur du Niger (Afrique). <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, septième série.</em> 10: 149-155.
page(s): 149-150, pl. 9, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Margaritifera (Pseudunio) saharica Mongin, 1968 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1503279 on 2025-04-27

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Margaritifera (Pseudunio) saharica Mongin, 1968 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1503279 on 2025-04-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-04-08 11:17:34Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-04-05 06:00:04Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Attributes (2)

original description Mongin, D.; Lapparent, A.F.d. (1968). Étude paléontologique de Lamellibranches limniques récoltés dans le Crétacé inférieur du Niger (Afrique). <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, septième série.</em> 10: 149-155.
page(s): 149-150, pl. 9, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Damme, D.; Bogan, A.E.; Dierick, M. (2015). A revision of the Mesozoic naiads (Unionoida) of Africa and the biogeographic implications. Earth-Science Reviews, 147: 141-200, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.04.011
page(s): 174, pl. 6, fig. 2, pl. 14, figs 2a, b [details] Available for editors

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