MolluscaBase name details
Typhis sawkinsi Mansfield, 1925 †
1719938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1719938)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Mansfield, W. C. (1925). Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 66(2559): 1-65, pls. 1-10., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15365/USNMP-66_2559_1925.pdf
page(s): 48, pl. 2, fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 48, pl. 2, fig. 11 [details]
Type locality contained in Trinidad
, Note Guaico-Tamana Road, 2 chains east of mile 13...
type locality contained in Trinidad (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Guaico-Tamana Road, 2 chains east of mile 13 from junction with Eastern Main Road [details]
Etymology Named for the English geologist, James Gay Sawkins (1806-1878).
Etymology Named for the English geologist, James Gay Sawkins (1806-1878). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Typhis sawkinsi Mansfield, 1925 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1719938 on 2025-09-11
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Mansfield, W. C. (1925). Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 66(2559): 1-65, pls. 1-10., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15365/USNMP-66_2559_1925.pdf
page(s): 48, pl. 2, fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 48, pl. 2, fig. 11 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
