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Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871
511364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511364)
accepted
Species
Amphissa cymata Dall, 1916 · unaccepted
Amphissa versicolor var. cymata Dall, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amphissa versicolor var. incisa Dall, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amphissa versicolor var. lineata Stearns, 1873 · unaccepted
Amphissa versicolor versicolor Dall, 1871 · unaccepted
- Variety Amphissa versicolor var. cymata Dall, 1916 accepted as Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Amphissa versicolor var. incisa Dall, 1916 accepted as Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Amphissa versicolor var. lineata Stearns, 1873 accepted as Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871
- Variety Amphissa versicolor var. reticulata Dall, 1916 accepted as Amphissa reticulata Dall, 1916 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Amphissa versicolor versicolor Dall, 1871 accepted as Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871
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Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pls 13-16. [stated date 2 November 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 113-114, pl. 13 fig. 2, pl. 14 fig. 2, pl. 16 figs 10-11 [details]
page(s): 113-114, pl. 13 fig. 2, pl. 14 fig. 2, pl. 16 figs 10-11 [details]
Type locality contained in Monterey Bay
type locality contained in Monterey Bay [details]
Distribution Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, to Rompiente Point, northern Baja California Sur.
Distribution Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, to Rompiente Point, northern Baja California Sur. [details]
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original description
Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pls 13-16. [stated date 2 November 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 113-114, pl. 13 fig. 2, pl. 14 fig. 2, pl. 16 figs 10-11 [details]
original description (of Amphissa versicolor var. incisa Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 30(3): 25-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748558
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Amphissa versicolor var. lineata Stearns, 1873) Stearns, R. E. C. (1873). Descriptions of new marine mollusks from the west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 5: 78-82, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16062633
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Amphissa versicolor var. cymata Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 30(3): 25-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748558
page(s): 27 [details]
basis of record deMaintenon M.J. (2019). The columbellid species of the northeast Pacific coast from the Aleutian Islands to Cedros Island, Baja California (Neogastropoda: Columbellidae). <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 160-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.19
page(s): 168, figs 4H-K [details]
page(s): 113-114, pl. 13 fig. 2, pl. 14 fig. 2, pl. 16 figs 10-11 [details]
original description (of Amphissa versicolor var. incisa Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 30(3): 25-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748558
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Amphissa versicolor var. lineata Stearns, 1873) Stearns, R. E. C. (1873). Descriptions of new marine mollusks from the west coast of North America. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 5: 78-82, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16062633
page(s): pl. 1 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Amphissa versicolor var. cymata Dall, 1916) Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 30(3): 25-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748558
page(s): 27 [details]
basis of record deMaintenon M.J. (2019). The columbellid species of the northeast Pacific coast from the Aleutian Islands to Cedros Island, Baja California (Neogastropoda: Columbellidae). <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 160-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.19
page(s): 168, figs 4H-K [details]
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Distribution Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, to Rompiente Point, northern Baja California Sur. [details]
To Malacopics (Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871 Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Victoria Harbour, collected 1981, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwinde .)
To Malacopics (Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871 United States, California, Orange Co., Laguna Beach, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Amphissa versicolor Dall, 1871 United States, California, Orange Co., Laguna Beach, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To ITIS
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