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Turritella americana Borchert, 1901 †
1786826 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1786826)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Borchert, A. (1901). Beiträge zur Geologie und Palaeontologie von Südamerika. Unter Mitwerkung von Fachgenossen herausgegeben von G. Steinmann. IX. Die Molluskenfauna und das Alter der Paraná-Stufe. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, Beilage.</em> 14: 171-245; plates VI-X.
page(s): p. 54, pl. 5, figs 7, 8. [details]
page(s): p. 54, pl. 5, figs 7, 8. [details]
Type locality contained in Argentina Northeast
type locality contained in Argentina Northeast [details]
Nomenclature First valid description of Cerithium americanum Bravart, 1883 (nomen nudum). As such, authorship and date are attributed to...
Nomenclature First valid description of Cerithium americanum Bravart, 1883 (nomen nudum). As such, authorship and date are attributed to Borchert, 1901. [details]
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Borchert, A. (1901). Beiträge zur Geologie und Palaeontologie von Südamerika. Unter Mitwerkung von Fachgenossen herausgegeben von G. Steinmann. IX. Die Molluskenfauna und das Alter der Paraná-Stufe. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie, Beilage.</em> 14: 171-245; plates VI-X.
page(s): p. 54, pl. 5, figs 7, 8. [details]
additional source Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112976
page(s): p. 127. [details]
additional source Ihering, H. von. (1907). Les mollusques fossiles du Tertiaire et du Crétacé supérieur de l'Argentine. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires.</em> ser. 3, 7: xiii, 1–611, 18 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50857
page(s): p. 368. [details]
page(s): p. 54, pl. 5, figs 7, 8. [details]
additional source Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112976
page(s): p. 127. [details]
additional source Ihering, H. von. (1907). Les mollusques fossiles du Tertiaire et du Crétacé supérieur de l'Argentine. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires.</em> ser. 3, 7: xiii, 1–611, 18 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50857
page(s): p. 368. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature First valid description of Cerithium americanum Bravart, 1883 (nomen nudum). As such, authorship and date are attributed to Borchert, 1901. [details]
