MolluscaBase name details
Parasyrinx hickmani Zinsmeister, 1983 †
1822017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1822017)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Zinsmeister, W. J. (1983). New late Paleocene molluscs from the Simi Hills, Ventura County, California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 57(6): 1282-1303, figs. 1-3.
page(s): 1300, fig. 3V-W [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 1300, fig. 3V-W [details] Available for editors

Type locality contained in California
, Note west side of Meier Canyon, Simi Valley,...
type locality contained in California (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality west side of Meier Canyon, Simi Valley, Ventura County [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Carole Jean Hickman [nee Stentz] (1942-****).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Carole Jean Hickman [nee Stentz] (1942-****). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parasyrinx hickmani Zinsmeister, 1983 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1822017 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Zinsmeister, W. J. (1983). New late Paleocene molluscs from the Simi Hills, Ventura County, California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 57(6): 1282-1303, figs. 1-3.
page(s): 1300, fig. 3V-W [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 34-35, pl. S64 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 1300, fig. 3V-W [details] Available for editors

additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 34-35, pl. S64 [details] Available for editors





From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Carole Jean Hickman [nee Stentz] (1942-****). [details]Nomenclature note incorrect suffix corrected to Parasyrinx hickmanae by Bertsch et al. (2025: 34). [details]
Type locality west side of Meier Canyon, Simi Valley, Ventura County [details]