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Platyphysa prinsepii (J. De C. Sowerby, 1840) †
1516536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1516536)
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Physa prinsepii J. De C. Sowerby, 1840 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Physa prinsepii var. inflata Hislop, 1860 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
fossil only
(of Physa prinsepii J. De C. Sowerby, 1840 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1840). Organic remains collected by Mr. Malcolmson and described by Mr. James de Carle Sowerby. In: Malcolmson, J.G. On the Fossils of the Eastern Portion of the Great Basaltic District of India. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 5(3): 550-551, pl. 47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36236116
page(s): pl. 47, figs 14-16 [details]
page(s): pl. 47, figs 14-16 [details]
Lectotype (of Physa prinsepii J. De C. Sowerby, 1840)...
, Type locality contained in India
Lectotype (of Physa prinsepii J. De C. Sowerby, 1840) BMNH PIMG 1208 [details]
Lectotype (of Physa prinsepii var. inflata Hislop, 1860) BMNH PIMG 1207 [details]
type locality contained in India [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Platyphysa prinsepii (J. De C. Sowerby, 1840) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1516536 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Physa prinsepii J. De C. Sowerby, 1840 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1840). Organic remains collected by Mr. Malcolmson and described by Mr. James de Carle Sowerby. In: Malcolmson, J.G. On the Fossils of the Eastern Portion of the Great Basaltic District of India. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 5(3): 550-551, pl. 47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36236116
page(s): pl. 47, figs 14-16 [details]
original description (of Physa prinsepii var. inflata Hislop, 1860 †) Hislop, S. (1860). On the Tertiary deposits, associated with Trap-rock, in the East Indies. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 16: 154-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427895
page(s): 174, pl. 5, fig. 23d [details]
basis of record Hartman, J. H.; Erickson, D. N.; Bakken, A. (2008). Stephen Hislop and his 1860 Cretaceous continental molluscan new species descriptions in Latin from the Deccan Plateau, India. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51(6): 1225-1252., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00807.x [details] Available for editors
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page(s): pl. 47, figs 14-16 [details]
original description (of Physa prinsepii var. inflata Hislop, 1860 †) Hislop, S. (1860). On the Tertiary deposits, associated with Trap-rock, in the East Indies. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 16: 154-182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427895
page(s): 174, pl. 5, fig. 23d [details]
basis of record Hartman, J. H.; Erickson, D. N.; Bakken, A. (2008). Stephen Hislop and his 1860 Cretaceous continental molluscan new species descriptions in Latin from the Deccan Plateau, India. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51(6): 1225-1252., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00807.x [details] Available for editors





Lectotype (of Physa prinsepii J. De C. Sowerby, 1840) BMNH PIMG 1208 [details]
Lectotype (of Physa prinsepii var. inflata Hislop, 1860) BMNH PIMG 1207 [details]