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Ptychosyrinx pseudodiscors (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) †
1598589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598589)
accepted
Species
Ptychosyrinx Thiele, 1925 accepted as Cryptogemma Dall, 1918
Fusus discors (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma discors G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior primary homonym of P....)
junior primary homonym of P. discors Sowerby, 1834 and P. discors Philippi, 1844
Pleurotoma pseudodiscors A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (replacement name pro Pleurotoma...)
replacement name pro Pleurotoma discors Sowerby, 1846, non Sowerby, 1834
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pleurotoma discors 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): 258, pl. 4, fig. 54 [details]
page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 54 [details]
Lectotype (of Pleurotoma discors G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)... , Type locality contained in Chile
Lectotype (of Pleurotoma discors G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHM-G26404 [details]
type locality contained in Chile [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ptychosyrinx pseudodiscors (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598589 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Pleurotoma discors 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): 258, pl. 4, fig. 54 [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): 296, pl. 20, fig. 18-21 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 258, pl. 4, fig. 54 [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): 296, pl. 20, fig. 18-21 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Pleurotoma discors G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHM-G26404 [details]
