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Cyclas major J. De C. Sowerby, 1836 †
1580314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1580314)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Cyclas Lamarck, 1798 accepted as Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, James de Carle. (1836). Descriptive notes respecting the shells figured in Plates XI to XXIII. In: Fitton, W.H. Observations on some of the strata between the Chalk and the Oxford Oolite, in the South-east of England. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, ser. 2.</em> 4(2): 335-349 (Appendix A)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36206436
page(s): 346, pl. 21, fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 346, pl. 21, fig. 13 [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
, Note Lectotype locality: Benston, near Chicksgrove,...
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
Type locality Lectotype locality: Benston, near Chicksgrove, Vale of Wardour, Wilts; Cinder Bed Member (central part) [details]
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Sowerby, James de Carle. (1836). Descriptive notes respecting the shells figured in Plates XI to XXIII. In: Fitton, W.H. Observations on some of the strata between the Chalk and the Oxford Oolite, in the South-east of England. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, ser. 2.</em> 4(2): 335-349 (Appendix A)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36206436
page(s): 346, pl. 21, fig. 13 [details]
basis of record Morris, J. (1843). A catalog of British fossils. Comprising all the genera and species hitherto described, with references to their geological distribution and to the localities in which they have been found. <em>John Van Voorst, London.</em> xi +222 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196370
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 346, pl. 21, fig. 13 [details]
basis of record Morris, J. (1843). A catalog of British fossils. Comprising all the genera and species hitherto described, with references to their geological distribution and to the localities in which they have been found. <em>John Van Voorst, London.</em> xi +222 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196370
page(s): 85 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Lectotype locality: Benston, near Chicksgrove, Vale of Wardour, Wilts; Cinder Bed Member (central part) [details]
