MolluscaBase - Anthracomya williamsoni (T. Brown, 1849) †

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Anthracomya williamsoni (T. Brown, 1849) †

AphiaID

1713984 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1713984)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (genus is a junior homonym)

Accepted name

Anthraconaia williamsoni (T. Brown, 1849) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Anthracomya Salter, 1861 † accepted as Anthraconaia Trueman & Weir, 1946 †

Original name

Modiola williamsoni T. Brown, 1849 †

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Variety Anthracomya williamsoni var. obtusa (Ludwig, 1860 sensu Hind, 1895) † accepted as Anthraconaia polita (Trueman, 1929) † (unaccepted > misapplication)

Environment

~~marine~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Modiola williamsoni 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): 172, pl. 71, figs 24, 25 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anthracomya williamsoni (T. Brown, 1849) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1713984 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-10-17 12:01:30Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (2)

original description (of Modiola williamsoni 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): 172, pl. 71, figs 24, 25 [details]

basis of record Hind, W. (1894-1896). A monograph on Carbonicola, Anthracomya, and Naiadites. Palaeontographical Society, London, 182 pp. + 21 pls. [pp. 1-80, pls. 1-11 (Nov. 1894); pp. 81-170, pls. 12-20 (Oct. 1895); pp. 171-182, pl. 21 (Oct. 1896)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12240381
page(s): 99-102, pl. 14, figs 12-31, pl. 15, fig. 10 [details]