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Basilissa (Orectospira) babelica Dall, 1907
1830755 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1830755)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Basilissa babelica Dall, 1907) Dall, W.H. (1907). Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly Buccinidae, from the dredgings of the U.S.S. "Albatross" during 1906, in the northwestern Pacific, Bering, Okhotsk, and Japanese Seas. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 50(2): 139-173., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049029
page(s): 168 [details]
page(s): 168 [details]
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(of Basilissa babelica Dall, 1907) Dall, W.H. (1907). Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly Buccinidae, from the dredgings of the U.S.S. "Albatross" during 1906, in the northwestern Pacific, Bering, Okhotsk, and Japanese Seas. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 50(2): 139-173., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049029
page(s): 168 [details]
basis of record Dall, W. H. (1925). Illustrations of unfigured types of shells in the collections of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 66, art. 17, no. 2554: 1-41, pls. 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7738736
page(s): p. 5, pl. 32, figs 8, 12. [details]
additional source Tsuchida, E. (1986). Taxonomic revision on two species of the genus Orectospira (Gastropoda : Prosobranchia). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(2): 75-86. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): p. 77.; note: As synonym of "Orectospira tectiformis (R. B. Watson, 1880)" [details]
additional source Wenz, W. (1938). Gastropoda. Teil 2: Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin. Lief. 3, 241-480 [October 1938].
page(s): p. 276, fig. 585. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376 [between 4 September and 21 October 1929]; Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778 [before 31 October 1931]; Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022 [before 19 January 1934]; Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023-1154, i-vi for volume 1 [before 27 March 1935]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): vol. 1, p. 48. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 168 [details]
basis of record Dall, W. H. (1925). Illustrations of unfigured types of shells in the collections of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 66, art. 17, no. 2554: 1-41, pls. 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7738736
page(s): p. 5, pl. 32, figs 8, 12. [details]
additional source Tsuchida, E. (1986). Taxonomic revision on two species of the genus Orectospira (Gastropoda : Prosobranchia). <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 45(2): 75-86. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): p. 77.; note: As synonym of "Orectospira tectiformis (R. B. Watson, 1880)" [details]
additional source Wenz, W. (1938). Gastropoda. Teil 2: Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin. Lief. 3, 241-480 [October 1938].
page(s): p. 276, fig. 585. [details] Available for editors

additional source Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376 [between 4 September and 21 October 1929]; Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778 [before 31 October 1931]; Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022 [before 19 January 1934]; Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023-1154, i-vi for volume 1 [before 27 March 1935]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): vol. 1, p. 48. [details] Available for editors
