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Rhombopsis J. A. Gardner, 1916 †
1740655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740655)
accepted
Genus
Fusus newberryi Meek & Hayden, 1856 † accepted as Rhombopsis newberryi (Meek & Hayden, 1856) † (type by typification of replaced name)
Neptunella Meek, 1876 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Neptunella...)
junior homonym of Neptunella Gray, 1854; Rhombopsis is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Gardner, J. A. (1916). Systematic paleontology, Mollusca. In: Clark, W. B.; Shattuck, G. B.; Dall, W. H. (eds) Upper Cretaceous. Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, pp. 371–733, pls. 12–45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36973259
page(s): 456 [details]
page(s): 456 [details]
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Neptunella Meek, 1876, non Gray, 1853 [Gastropoda, Ranellidae].
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Neptunella Meek, 1876, non Gray, 1853 [Gastropoda, Ranellidae]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rhombopsis J. A. Gardner, 1916 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740655 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Gardner, J. A. (1916). Systematic paleontology, Mollusca. In: Clark, W. B.; Shattuck, G. B.; Dall, W. H. (eds) Upper Cretaceous. Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, pp. 371–733, pls. 12–45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36973259
page(s): 456 [details]
original description (of Neptunella Meek, 1876 †) Meek, F.B. (1864). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Cretaceous and Jurassic. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 177: ii + 1–40 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817685
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Squires, R. L. (2011). Northeast Pacific Cretaceous record of <i>Pyropsis</i> (Neogastropoda: Pyropsidae) and paleobiogeography of the genus. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 85(6): 1199-1215, figs. 1-3.
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page(s): 456 [details]
original description (of Neptunella Meek, 1876 †) Meek, F.B. (1864). Checklist of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Cretaceous and Jurassic. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 177: ii + 1–40 p., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817685
page(s): 38 [details]
additional source Squires, R. L. (2011). Northeast Pacific Cretaceous record of <i>Pyropsis</i> (Neogastropoda: Pyropsidae) and paleobiogeography of the genus. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 85(6): 1199-1215, figs. 1-3.
page(s): 1202 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Neptunella Meek, 1876, non Gray, 1853 [Gastropoda, Ranellidae]. [details]
