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Monopteria longispina (E. T. Cox, 1857) †
1827592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1827592)
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Species
Gervillia longispina E. T. Cox, 1857 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Gervillia longispina E. T. Cox, 1857 †) Cox, E. T. (1857). A description of some of the most characteristic shells, of the principal coal seams in the western basin of Kentucky. In: Owen, D. D. (Ed.) Third Report of the Geological Survey in Kentucky, made during the years 1856 and 1857. Frankfort, pp. 566–576, pls 1–10. [Plates published separately at a later date].
page(s): 568, pl. 8 fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 568, pl. 8 fig. 6 [details]
Type locality contained in Illinois
type locality contained in Illinois [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monopteria longispina (E. T. Cox, 1857) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1111/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1827592 on 2025-09-10
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(of Gervillia longispina E. T. Cox, 1857 †) Cox, E. T. (1857). A description of some of the most characteristic shells, of the principal coal seams in the western basin of Kentucky. In: Owen, D. D. (Ed.) Third Report of the Geological Survey in Kentucky, made during the years 1856 and 1857. Frankfort, pp. 566–576, pls 1–10. [Plates published separately at a later date].
page(s): 568, pl. 8 fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Yancey, T. E. (2025). Revision of <i>Monopteria</i> (Monopteriidae), a late Paleozoic pteriomorphian bivalve. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 99(1): 99-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2024.76
page(s): 104, figs 7.1-7.4 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Meek, F. B. & Worthen, A. H. (1866). Descriptions of Palaeozoic fossils from the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous rocks of Illinois, and other western states. <em>Proceedings of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.</em> 1: 11-23. [details]
page(s): 568, pl. 8 fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Yancey, T. E. (2025). Revision of <i>Monopteria</i> (Monopteriidae), a late Paleozoic pteriomorphian bivalve. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 99(1): 99-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2024.76
page(s): 104, figs 7.1-7.4 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Meek, F. B. & Worthen, A. H. (1866). Descriptions of Palaeozoic fossils from the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous rocks of Illinois, and other western states. <em>Proceedings of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.</em> 1: 11-23. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
