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Ptychodesma knappianum J. Hall & Whitfield, 1872 †
1820739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1820739)
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Ptychodesma knappiana J. Hall & Whitfield, 1872 † · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Ptychodesma knappiana J. Hall & Whitfield, 1872 †) Hall, J.; Whitfield, R. P. (1872). Description of new species of fossils from the vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky, and the falls of the Ohio. <em>Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History.</em> 24: 181-200a., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35612697
page(s): 192 [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
Type locality contained in Kentucky
type locality contained in Kentucky [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ptychodesma knappianum J. Hall & Whitfield, 1872 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1820739 on 2025-09-11
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(of Ptychodesma knappiana J. Hall & Whitfield, 1872 †) Hall, J.; Whitfield, R. P. (1872). Description of new species of fossils from the vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky, and the falls of the Ohio. <em>Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History.</em> 24: 181-200a., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35612697
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Carter, J. G.; Tevesz, M. J. S. (1978). The shell structure of <i>Ptychodesma</i> (Cyrtodontidae; Bivalvia) and its bearing on the evolution of the Pteriomorphia. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences.</em> 284(1001): 367-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1978.0073 [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
basis of record Carter, J. G.; Tevesz, M. J. S. (1978). The shell structure of <i>Ptychodesma</i> (Cyrtodontidae; Bivalvia) and its bearing on the evolution of the Pteriomorphia. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences.</em> 284(1001): 367-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1978.0073 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
