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Carbonispira scotica Yen, 1949 †
1507849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1507849)
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Yen, T.-C. (1949). Review of Palaeozoic non-marine gastropods and description of a new genus from the Carboniferous rocks of Scotland. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 27(6): 235-240.
page(s): 239 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 239 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Great Britain
, Note "in the dark cannel-like shales exposed in...
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
Type locality "in the dark cannel-like shales exposed in Wham Glen, about 1/2 a mile north by west of Auchinreoch Main, about 2 miles west of Kilsyth, and about 10 miles north slightly by east of Glasgow. The shales, up to 50 feet thick, lie immediately above the Hosie Limestone D (= Top Hosie Limestone), and at the bottom of the Limestone Coal Group of the Lower Carboniferous system." [details]
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Yen, T.-C. (1949). Review of Palaeozoic non-marine gastropods and description of a new genus from the Carboniferous rocks of Scotland. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 27(6): 235-240.
page(s): 239 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Solem, A.; Yochelson, E.L. (1979). North American Paleozoic land snails, with a summary of other Paleozoic nonmarine snails. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1072: 1-42., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1072/report.pdf
page(s): 28 [details]
page(s): 239 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Solem, A.; Yochelson, E.L. (1979). North American Paleozoic land snails, with a summary of other Paleozoic nonmarine snails. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1072: 1-42., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1072/report.pdf
page(s): 28 [details]
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Type locality "in the dark cannel-like shales exposed in Wham Glen, about 1/2 a mile north by west of Auchinreoch Main, about 2 miles west of Kilsyth, and about 10 miles north slightly by east of Glasgow. The shales, up to 50 feet thick, lie immediately above the Hosie Limestone D (= Top Hosie Limestone), and at the bottom of the Limestone Coal Group of the Lower Carboniferous system." [details]
