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Anomia caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 †
869953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:869953)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
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marine
fossil only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Status According to Brunton & Cooks (in Brunton et al. 1967) the geographic origin and age of the Anomia caputserpentis type...
Status According to Brunton & Cooks (in Brunton et al. 1967) the geographic origin and age of the Anomia caputserpentis type material is uncertain; earlier reports naming the Italian Tertiary (Thompson, 1927) or the Cretaceous of Sweden as possible origin. Bergström & Hageltorn (1968) proposed that Anomia caputserpentis might be a Campanian (Cretaceous) form from Scania more commonly referred to as Terebratula praelustris Lundgren, 1885. In any case, the type material is fossil and not conspecific with extant material referred to Anomia caputserpentis by Linnaeus (1767) and d'Orbigny (1847). [Andreas Kroh, 11 Feb. 2016] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Anomia caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=869953 on 2025-09-10
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Status According to Brunton & Cooks (in Brunton et al. 1967) the geographic origin and age of the Anomia caputserpentis type material is uncertain; earlier reports naming the Italian Tertiary (Thompson, 1927) or the Cretaceous of Sweden as possible origin. Bergström & Hageltorn (1968) proposed that Anomia caputserpentis might be a Campanian (Cretaceous) form from Scania more commonly referred to as Terebratula praelustris Lundgren, 1885. In any case, the type material is fossil and not conspecific with extant material referred to Anomia caputserpentis by Linnaeus (1767) and d'Orbigny (1847). [Andreas Kroh, 11 Feb. 2016] [details]
