MolluscaBase - Nucinella ovata Jeffreys, 1879 †

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Nucinella ovata Jeffreys, 1879 †

AphiaID

1636754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1636754)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Nucinella ovalis (S. V. Wood, 1840) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Nucinella S. V. Wood, 1851

Original name

Nucinella ovata Jeffreys, 1879 †

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Jeffreys, J. G. (1879). Notice of some shells dredged by Capt. St. John, R. N., in the Korea Strait. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 418-423.
note: name introduced as an unjustified emendation (therefore, objective synonym) of Nucinella ovalis (S. V. Wood, 1840) from the European Pliocene, then used for a Pacific spcies currently denoted ...

name introduced as an unjustified emendation (therefore, objective synonym) of Nucinella ovalis (S. V. Wood, 1840) from the European Pliocene, then used for a Pacific spcies currently denoted as Huxleyia sulcata A. Adams, 1860

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nucinella ovata Jeffreys, 1879 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1111/10.1111/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1636754 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-02-11 16:46:26Z

created

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Jeffreys, J. G. (1879). Notice of some shells dredged by Capt. St. John, R. N., in the Korea Strait. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 418-423.
note: name introduced as an unjustified emendation (therefore, objective synonym) of Nucinella ovalis (S. V. Wood, 1840) from the European Pliocene, then used for a Pacific spcies currently denoted ...

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