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Nautilus melo Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †
522994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:522994)
unaccepted (foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus)
Species
- Variety Nautilus melo var. alpha Fichtel & Moll, 1798 † accepted as Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) † (foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus)
- Variety Nautilus melo var. beta Fichtel & Moll, 1798 † accepted as Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) † (foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 118, pl. 24, figs. a-f (var. alpha), g-h. (var. beta). [details]
page(s): p. 118, pl. 24, figs. a-f (var. alpha), g-h. (var. beta). [details]
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original description
Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 118, pl. 24, figs. a-f (var. alpha), g-h. (var. beta). [details]
identification resource Rögl, F.; Hansen, H. J. (1984). Foraminifera described by Fichtel & Moll in 1798. A revision of Testacea Microscopica. <em>Neue Denkschriften des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien.</em> 3: 1-143.
note: Fossil only, the Recent occurrence from the Adriatic Sea is dubious. [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Reichel, M. (1937). Etude sur les Alvéolines. Second fascicule. <em>Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse.</em> 59: 95-147.
page(s): pl. 10, fig. 8. [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Smout, A. H. (1963). The genus <i>Pseudedomia</i> and its phyletic relationships, with remarks on <i>Orbitolites</i> and other complex Foraminifera. In von Koenigswald, G. R. H., Emeis, J. D., Buning, W. I., Wagner, C. W. (eds.), Evolutionary Trends in Foraminifera. <em>Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam.</em> 224-281.
page(s): p. 265; note: Neotype designation. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 118, pl. 24, figs. a-f (var. alpha), g-h. (var. beta). [details]
identification resource Rögl, F.; Hansen, H. J. (1984). Foraminifera described by Fichtel & Moll in 1798. A revision of Testacea Microscopica. <em>Neue Denkschriften des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien.</em> 3: 1-143.
note: Fossil only, the Recent occurrence from the Adriatic Sea is dubious. [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Reichel, M. (1937). Etude sur les Alvéolines. Second fascicule. <em>Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse.</em> 59: 95-147.
page(s): pl. 10, fig. 8. [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Smout, A. H. (1963). The genus <i>Pseudedomia</i> and its phyletic relationships, with remarks on <i>Orbitolites</i> and other complex Foraminifera. In von Koenigswald, G. R. H., Emeis, J. D., Buning, W. I., Wagner, C. W. (eds.), Evolutionary Trends in Foraminifera. <em>Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam.</em> 224-281.
page(s): p. 265; note: Neotype designation. [details] Available for editors
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