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Protocyprina libanotica var. elongata H. E. Vokes, 1946 †
1515811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1515811)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Vokes, H.E. (1946). Contributions to the paleontology of the Lebanon Mountains, Republic of Lebanon. Part 3, The pelecypod fauna of the "Olive Locality" (Aptian) at Abeih. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 87(3): 139-216., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1196
page(s): 173, pl. 5, figs 13, 14 [details]
page(s): 173, pl. 5, figs 13, 14 [details]
Note "Olive Locality", artificially terraced slopes...
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Type locality "Olive Locality", artificially terraced slopes of the south side of the small valley that bounds the northern edge of Abeih, a village near the western edge of the Lebanon Mountains, located about 15 miles southeast of Beirut, Lebanon [details]
Status Status and classification uncertain, not discussed in the newer literature. The parent species (i.e., the type species of...
Status Status and classification uncertain, not discussed in the newer literature. The parent species (i.e., the type species of Protocyprina) is currently considered a species of Eomiodon. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protocyprina libanotica var. elongata H. E. Vokes, 1946 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1515811 on 2025-09-12
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Vokes, H.E. (1946). Contributions to the paleontology of the Lebanon Mountains, Republic of Lebanon. Part 3, The pelecypod fauna of the "Olive Locality" (Aptian) at Abeih. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 87(3): 139-216., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1196
page(s): 173, pl. 5, figs 13, 14 [details]
page(s): 173, pl. 5, figs 13, 14 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Status and classification uncertain, not discussed in the newer literature. The parent species (i.e., the type species of Protocyprina) is currently considered a species of Eomiodon. [details]Type locality "Olive Locality", artificially terraced slopes of the south side of the small valley that bounds the northern edge of Abeih, a village near the western edge of the Lebanon Mountains, located about 15 miles southeast of Beirut, Lebanon [details]
