MolluscaBase taxon details
Falsilunatia ambigua (Suter, 1913)
724099 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724099)
accepted
Species
Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956 · unaccepted
Polinices ambiguus Suter, 1913 † · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Polinices ambiguus Suter, 1913 †) Suter, H. (1913). New species of Tertiary Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 45, 294–297, pls. 12–14.
page(s): 294 [details]
page(s): 294 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Falsilunatia ambigua (Suter, 1913). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724099 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956) Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. <em>Dominion Museum Bulletin.</em> 18: 1-235.
page(s): 74 [details]
original description (of Polinices ambiguus Suter, 1913 †) Suter, H. (1913). New species of Tertiary Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 45, 294–297, pls. 12–14.
page(s): 294 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (1979). Bathyal Nukumaruan Mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 22(1): 87-103., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/00288306.1979.10422556
page(s): 91 [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 74 [details]
original description (of Polinices ambiguus Suter, 1913 †) Suter, H. (1913). New species of Tertiary Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 45, 294–297, pls. 12–14.
page(s): 294 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A. G. (1979). Bathyal Nukumaruan Mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 22(1): 87-103., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/00288306.1979.10422556
page(s): 91 [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.009770; Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956; holotype) (from synonym Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Falsilunatia powelli (1) 870881) (from synonym Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Falsilunatia powelli, lateral 870881) (from synonym Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Falsilunatia powelli (1) 870881) (from synonym Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Falsilunatia powelli, lateral 870881) (from synonym Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956)
