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Protocardia major (J. De C. Sowerby, 1836) †
1580344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1580344)
accepted
Species
Cyclas major J. De C. Sowerby, 1836 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cyrena major (J. De C. Sowerby, 1836) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Cyclas major J. De C. Sowerby, 1836 †) 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
type locality contained in Great Britain [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Protocardia major (J. De C. Sowerby, 1836) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1580344 on 2025-09-11
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(of Cyclas major J. De C. Sowerby, 1836 †) 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 Morter, A. A. (1984). Purbeck-Wealden Beds Mollusca and their relationship to ostracod biostratigraphy, stratigraphical correlation and palaeoecology in the Weald and adjacent areas. <em>Proceedings of the Geologists' Association.</em> 95(3): 217-234. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 346, pl. 21, fig. 13 [details]
basis of record Morter, A. A. (1984). Purbeck-Wealden Beds Mollusca and their relationship to ostracod biostratigraphy, stratigraphical correlation and palaeoecology in the Weald and adjacent areas. <em>Proceedings of the Geologists' Association.</em> 95(3): 217-234. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification Classification uncertain, might belong in a new cardiid genus according to Morter (1984) [details]
