MolluscaBase name details
Persona simillima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) †
1748288 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1748288)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Persona Montfort, 1810 accepted as Distorsio Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Triton simillimus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †) Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Persona simillima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1748288 on 2025-09-11
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(of Triton simillimus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †) Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 48 [details]
basis of record Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36164710
page(s): 288, pl. 17, fig. 13 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 522 [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
basis of record Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36164710
page(s): 288, pl. 17, fig. 13 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 522 [details]
