MolluscaBase name details
Janira alpina A. d'Orbigny, 1847 †
1642112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1642112)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Janira Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 643, pl. 446, figs 4-8 [details]
page(s): 643, pl. 446, figs 4-8 [details]
Fossil range Iba & Sano (2008) indicate an unrealistically long stratigaphic range for the species (Aptian to Maastrichtian). Probably...
Fossil range Iba & Sano (2008) indicate an unrealistically long stratigaphic range for the species (Aptian to Maastrichtian). Probably these finds concerns multiple species. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Janira alpina A. d'Orbigny, 1847 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1642112 on 2025-09-11
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Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1844-1848). <i>Paléontologie française. Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux Mollusques et Rayonnés fossiles de France. Terrains crétacés</i>. Volume 3. Pelecypoda. 807 pp, Victor Masson, Paris (1-288 [1844]; 289-480 [1845]; 481-512 [1846]; 513-688 [1847]; 689-807 [1848]). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/73207
page(s): 643, pl. 446, figs 4-8 [details]
page(s): 643, pl. 446, figs 4-8 [details]
From editor or global species database
Fossil range Iba & Sano (2008) indicate an unrealistically long stratigaphic range for the species (Aptian to Maastrichtian). Probably these finds concerns multiple species. [details]
