MolluscaBase - Ancylus (Laevapex) fuscus C. B. Adams, 1840

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Ancylus (Laevapex) fuscus C. B. Adams, 1840

AphiaID

1546022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1546022)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

Accepted name

Laevapex fuscus (C. B. Adams, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ancylus (Laevapex) B. Walker, 1903 accepted as Laevapex B. Walker, 1903

Original name

Ancylus fuscus C. B. Adams, 1840

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Variety Ancylus (Laevapex) fuscus var. eugraptus Pilsbry, 1896 accepted as Laevapex fuscus (C. B. Adams, 1840) (variety)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Ancylus fuscus C. B. Adams, 1840) Adams, C. B. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells of New England. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 318-332, pl. 3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32416055
page(s): 329, pl. 3, fig. 17 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ancylus (Laevapex) fuscus C. B. Adams, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1546022 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-10-16 17:12:13Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Ancylus fuscus C. B. Adams, 1840) Adams, C. B. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells of New England. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 318-332, pl. 3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32416055
page(s): 329, pl. 3, fig. 17 [details]

basis of record Walker, B. (1903). Notes on eastern American Ancyli. The Nautilus. 17(2): 13-19, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726432
page(s): 15-17, pl. 1, figs. 1-9 [details]