MolluscaBase - Gryphaea plicatella S. G. Morton, 1833 †

MolluscaBase name details

Gryphaea plicatella S. G. Morton, 1833 †

AphiaID

1826607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1826607)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Gryphaeostrea plicatella (S. G. Morton, 1833) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801 †

Original name

Gryphaea plicatella S. G. Morton, 1833 †

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Morton, S. G. (1833). Supplement to the "Synopsis of the organic remains of the ferruginous sand formation of the United States," contained in vols. XVII and XVIII of this journal. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 23(2): 288-294, pls 5,8,9. [January 1833]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27909388
page(s): 293, pl. 9 fig. 4 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gryphaea plicatella S. G. Morton, 1833 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1826607 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-08-06 11:35:53Z

created

Dekker, Henk

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Morton, S. G. (1833). Supplement to the "Synopsis of the organic remains of the ferruginous sand formation of the United States," contained in vols. XVII and XVIII of this journal. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 23(2): 288-294, pls 5,8,9. [January 1833]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27909388
page(s): 293, pl. 9 fig. 4 [details]