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Kaitoa cosmophila (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †
1598585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598585)
accepted
Species
Bulla cosmophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Bulla cosmophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 254, pl. 3, fig. 35 [details]
page(s): 254, pl. 3, fig. 35 [details]
Holotype (of Bulla cosmophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)...
, Type locality contained in Chile
Holotype (of Bulla cosmophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHM-G26345 [details]
type locality contained in Chile [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kaitoa cosmophila (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598585 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Bulla cosmophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 254, pl. 3, fig. 35 [details]
new combination reference Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 295, pl. 20, fig. 12-13 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 254, pl. 3, fig. 35 [details]
new combination reference Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 295, pl. 20, fig. 12-13 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Bulla cosmophila G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHM-G26345 [details]
