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Volutilithes welcommei Merle & Pacaud, 2014 †
1786846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1786846)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Merle, D.; Pacaud, J.-M.; Métais, G.; Bartolini, A.; Lashari, R. A.; Brohi, I. A.; Solangi, S. H.; Marivaux, L.; Welcomme, J.-L. (2014). Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3826(1): 101-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.3
page(s): 126, figs 10E-H [details]
page(s): 126, figs 10E-H [details]
Type locality contained in Pakistan
type locality contained in Pakistan [details]
Etymology Named after Jean-Lou Welcomme.
Etymology Named after Jean-Lou Welcomme. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volutilithes welcommei Merle & Pacaud, 2014 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1786846 on 2025-04-25
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Merle, D.; Pacaud, J.-M.; Métais, G.; Bartolini, A.; Lashari, R. A.; Brohi, I. A.; Solangi, S. H.; Marivaux, L.; Welcomme, J.-L. (2014). Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3826(1): 101-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.3
page(s): 126, figs 10E-H [details]
page(s): 126, figs 10E-H [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named after Jean-Lou Welcomme. [details]
