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Xenophora leprosa (S. G. Morton, 1834) †
1783317 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1783317)
accepted
Species
Trochus leprosus S. G. Morton, 1834 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Xenophora (Xenophora) leprosa (S. G. Morton, 1834) † · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Trochus leprosus S. G. Morton, 1834 †) Morton, S. G. (1834). Synopsis of the organic remains of the Cretaceous Group of the United States. Philadelphia: Key & Biddle. 88 pp., 19 pls., + Appendix, 8 pp. [The Appendix is titled: Catalogue of the fossil shells of the Tertiary Formations of the United States, embracing all the species hitherto published.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39150465
page(s): 46, pl. 15, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 46, pl. 15, fig. 6 [details]
Holotype ANSP, geounit Texas
, Type locality contained in Alabama
Holotype ANSP, geounit Texas [details]
type locality contained in Alabama [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xenophora leprosa (S. G. Morton, 1834) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1783317 on 2025-09-11
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(of Trochus leprosus S. G. Morton, 1834 †) Morton, S. G. (1834). Synopsis of the organic remains of the Cretaceous Group of the United States. Philadelphia: Key & Biddle. 88 pp., 19 pls., + Appendix, 8 pp. [The Appendix is titled: Catalogue of the fossil shells of the Tertiary Formations of the United States, embracing all the species hitherto published.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39150465
page(s): 46, pl. 15, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Sohl, N. F. (1961 (1960)). Archaegastropoda, Mesogastropoda and stratigraphy of the Ripley Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 331-A: 151 pp., 18 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp331A
page(s): 96, pl. 10, fig. 19, 23-27 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Schnetler, K. I.; Jagt, J. W. M.; Van Knippenberg, P. H. M.; Madsen, H.; Rasmussen, J. A. (2025). Notes on Late Cretaceous – earliest Paleocene xenophorid gastropods from Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark.</em> 74: 119-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-2025-74-06 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 46, pl. 15, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Sohl, N. F. (1961 (1960)). Archaegastropoda, Mesogastropoda and stratigraphy of the Ripley Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 331-A: 151 pp., 18 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp331A
page(s): 96, pl. 10, fig. 19, 23-27 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schnetler, K. I.; Jagt, J. W. M.; Van Knippenberg, P. H. M.; Madsen, H.; Rasmussen, J. A. (2025). Notes on Late Cretaceous – earliest Paleocene xenophorid gastropods from Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark.</em> 74: 119-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-2025-74-06 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ANSP, geounit Texas [details]
