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Carbonicola discrepans (T. Brown, 1849) †
1713424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1713424)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Unio discrepans T. Brown, 1849 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
fossil only
(of Unio discrepans T. Brown, 1849 †) Brown T. (1849). Illustrations of the fossil conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with descriptions and localities of all the species. Smith, Elder, and Co., London and MacLachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh. viii + 273 pp., 98 pls., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090911037
page(s): 181, pl. 73, fig. 24 [details]
page(s): 181, pl. 73, fig. 24 [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
type locality contained in Great Britain [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Status Weir (1968, p. 421) used the combination but stated that it is a name for an intermediate form between Carbonicola robusta...
Status Weir (1968, p. 421) used the combination but stated that it is a name for an intermediate form between Carbonicola robusta (Sowerby) and Carbonicola pseudorobusta (Trueman). Status and validity uncertain. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Carbonicola discrepans (T. Brown, 1849) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1713424 on 2025-09-11
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(of Unio discrepans T. Brown, 1849 †) Brown T. (1849). Illustrations of the fossil conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with descriptions and localities of all the species. Smith, Elder, and Co., London and MacLachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh. viii + 273 pp., 98 pls., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090911037
page(s): 181, pl. 73, fig. 24 [details]
basis of record Trueman, A. E.; Weir, J. (1946-1968). A Monograph of British Carboniferous non-marine Lamellibranchia. 13 parts. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society London. Palaeontographical Society London, London, 449 pp. [Part I (1946), Part II (1947, Part III (1947), Part IV (1948), Part V (1951), Part VI (1952), Part VII (1954), Part VIII (1955, Part IX (1956); by Weir only, Part X (1960), Part XI (1966), Part II (1967), Part XIII (1968)].
page(s): 51, 52 (textfig. 11), 421 [details]
page(s): 181, pl. 73, fig. 24 [details]
basis of record Trueman, A. E.; Weir, J. (1946-1968). A Monograph of British Carboniferous non-marine Lamellibranchia. 13 parts. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society London. Palaeontographical Society London, London, 449 pp. [Part I (1946), Part II (1947, Part III (1947), Part IV (1948), Part V (1951), Part VI (1952), Part VII (1954), Part VIII (1955, Part IX (1956); by Weir only, Part X (1960), Part XI (1966), Part II (1967), Part XIII (1968)].
page(s): 51, 52 (textfig. 11), 421 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status Weir (1968, p. 421) used the combination but stated that it is a name for an intermediate form between Carbonicola robusta (Sowerby) and Carbonicola pseudorobusta (Trueman). Status and validity uncertain. [details]
