MolluscaBase name details
Metoptoma simplex Billings, 1865 †
1673901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1673901)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Billings, E. (1861-1865). Palaeozoic fossils. Volume I. Containing descriptions and figures of new or little known species of organic remains from Silurian rocks. 1: 1-426. Geological Survey of Canada (publication dates according to preface: 1-24 [Nov 1861], 25-56 [Jan 1862], 57-168 [Jun 1862], 169-344 [Feb 1865], 345-436 [Oct 1865])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13779194
page(s): 346, fig. 333 [details]
page(s): 346, fig. 333 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metoptoma simplex Billings, 1865 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1673901 on 2025-04-27
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Billings, E. (1861-1865). Palaeozoic fossils. Volume I. Containing descriptions and figures of new or little known species of organic remains from Silurian rocks. 1: 1-426. Geological Survey of Canada (publication dates according to preface: 1-24 [Nov 1861], 25-56 [Jan 1862], 57-168 [Jun 1862], 169-344 [Feb 1865], 345-436 [Oct 1865])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13779194
page(s): 346, fig. 333 [details]
new combination reference Ulrich, E. O.; Scofield, W. H. (1897). The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. <em>The Geology of Minnesota.</em> 3(2): 813-1081, pls. 61-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14923788
page(s): 829, 836 [details]
page(s): 346, fig. 333 [details]
new combination reference Ulrich, E. O.; Scofield, W. H. (1897). The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. <em>The Geology of Minnesota.</em> 3(2): 813-1081, pls. 61-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14923788
page(s): 829, 836 [details]
