MolluscaBase taxon details
Monoptygma lymneoides (Conrad, 1833) †
746268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746268)
accepted
Species
Ancillaria lymneoides Conrad, 1833 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Monoptygma alabamiensis I. Lea, 1833 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Monoptygma crassiplica Gabb, 1860 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Monoptygma curta Conrad, 1865 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Monoptygma leai Whitefield, 1865 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Ancillaria lymneoides Conrad, 1833 †) Conrad, T. A. (1832-1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(1): pp. [i]-viii + 9-20, pls 1-6 [1832]; Vol. 1(2): pp. 21-28, pls 7-14 [December 1832]; Vol. 1(3): pp. 29-38, no plates [August 1833]; Vol. 1(4): pp. 39-46, pls 15-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23521363
page(s): 44; republished with plates: 42, pl. 16 fig. 6 [1835] [details]
page(s): 44; republished with plates: 42, pl. 16 fig. 6 [1835] [details]
Type locality contained in Alabama
type locality contained in Alabama [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monoptygma lymneoides (Conrad, 1833) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746268 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Monoptygma alabamiensis I. Lea, 1833 †) Lea, I. (1833). Contributions to Geology. 227 pp., 6 pls. Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17592495
page(s): 186, pl. 6 fig. 201 [details]
original description (of Ancillaria lymneoides Conrad, 1833 †) Conrad, T. A. (1832-1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(1): pp. [i]-viii + 9-20, pls 1-6 [1832]; Vol. 1(2): pp. 21-28, pls 7-14 [December 1832]; Vol. 1(3): pp. 29-38, no plates [August 1833]; Vol. 1(4): pp. 39-46, pls 15-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23521363
page(s): 44; republished with plates: 42, pl. 16 fig. 6 [1835] [details]
original description (of Monoptygma crassiplica Gabb, 1860 †) Gabb, W. M. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American Tertiary and Cretaceous fossils. <em>Journal of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia, Second Series.</em> 4: 375-404, pls. 67-69., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36862263
page(s): 384, pl. 67, fig. 37; note: name attributed to Conrad [details]
original description (of Monoptygma curta Conrad, 1865 †) Conrad, T. A. (1865). Catalogue of the Eocene and Oligocene Testacea of the United States. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 1-35. [25 Feb. 1865]; 1(2): two unnumbered pages of errata follow p. 190. [15 April 1865]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084543
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Monoptygma leai Whitefield, 1865 †) Whitfield, R. P. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Eocene fossils. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1: 259–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084786
page(s): 261, pl. 27, fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Allmon, W. D.; Friend, D. S. (2023). Review and revision of the Olivoidea (Neogastropoda) from the Paleocene and Eocene of the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 97(S91): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.79
page(s): 25, figs 17.1–17.7, 17.9–17.18 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Allmon, W. D.; Friend, D. S. (2023). Review and revision of the Olivoidea (Neogastropoda) from the Paleocene and Eocene of the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 97(S91): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.79 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glibert, M. (1963) Les Muricacea et Buccinacea fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Mémoire, série 2, 74, 1–179., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/252235.pdf ?
page(s): 99 [details]
page(s): 186, pl. 6 fig. 201 [details]
original description (of Ancillaria lymneoides Conrad, 1833 †) Conrad, T. A. (1832-1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(1): pp. [i]-viii + 9-20, pls 1-6 [1832]; Vol. 1(2): pp. 21-28, pls 7-14 [December 1832]; Vol. 1(3): pp. 29-38, no plates [August 1833]; Vol. 1(4): pp. 39-46, pls 15-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23521363
page(s): 44; republished with plates: 42, pl. 16 fig. 6 [1835] [details]
original description (of Monoptygma crassiplica Gabb, 1860 †) Gabb, W. M. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American Tertiary and Cretaceous fossils. <em>Journal of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia, Second Series.</em> 4: 375-404, pls. 67-69., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36862263
page(s): 384, pl. 67, fig. 37; note: name attributed to Conrad [details]
original description (of Monoptygma curta Conrad, 1865 †) Conrad, T. A. (1865). Catalogue of the Eocene and Oligocene Testacea of the United States. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 1-35. [25 Feb. 1865]; 1(2): two unnumbered pages of errata follow p. 190. [15 April 1865]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084543
page(s): 22 [details]
original description (of Monoptygma leai Whitefield, 1865 †) Whitfield, R. P. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Eocene fossils. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1: 259–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084786
page(s): 261, pl. 27, fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Allmon, W. D.; Friend, D. S. (2023). Review and revision of the Olivoidea (Neogastropoda) from the Paleocene and Eocene of the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 97(S91): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.79
page(s): 25, figs 17.1–17.7, 17.9–17.18 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Allmon, W. D.; Friend, D. S. (2023). Review and revision of the Olivoidea (Neogastropoda) from the Paleocene and Eocene of the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 97(S91): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.79 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Glibert, M. (1963) Les Muricacea et Buccinacea fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Mémoire, série 2, 74, 1–179., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/252235.pdf ?
page(s): 99 [details]
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