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Helix spania Tausch, 1886 †
1469481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1469481)
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Tausch, L. (1886). Ueber die Fauna der nicht marinen Ablagerungen der oberen Kreide des Csingerthales bei Ajka im Bakony (Veszprimer Comitat, Ungarn) und über einige Conchylien der Gosaumergel von Aigen bei Salzburg. <em>Abhandlungen der k.-k. geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 12(1): 1-32, 3 pls., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/AbhGeolBA_12_0001-0032.pdf
page(s): 15, pl. 2, fig. 14a-c [details]
page(s): 15, pl. 2, fig. 14a-c [details]
Note Coal mine in Csinger valley near Ajka...
Type locality Coal mine in Csinger valley near Ajka ["Csingerthal bei Ajka"], Hungary; late Santonian to early Campanian, late Cretaceous [details]
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Tausch, L. (1886). Ueber die Fauna der nicht marinen Ablagerungen der oberen Kreide des Csingerthales bei Ajka im Bakony (Veszprimer Comitat, Ungarn) und über einige Conchylien der Gosaumergel von Aigen bei Salzburg. <em>Abhandlungen der k.-k. geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 12(1): 1-32, 3 pls., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/AbhGeolBA_12_0001-0032.pdf
page(s): 15, pl. 2, fig. 14a-c [details]
additional source Páll-Gergely, B., Maslo, M., Giritzer, D. P. H., Pfaff, C., Koczó, L. & Szabó, M. (2025). Cretaceous (Santonian) terrestrial molluscs described by Tausch (1886) from Ajka, Hungary, and Aigen, Austria. <em>Animal Taxonomy and Ecology.</em> 71(4): 759–800. [December 16]., available online at https://akjournals.com/view/journals/1777/71/4/article-p759.xml
page(s): 792, fig. 21A-G [details] Available for editors
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status source Oppenheim P. (1892). Ueber einige Brackwasser- und Binnen-mollusken aus der Kreide und dem Eocän Ungarns. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 44: 697-818, pls 31-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43534481
page(s): 780 [details]
page(s): 15, pl. 2, fig. 14a-c [details]
additional source Páll-Gergely, B., Maslo, M., Giritzer, D. P. H., Pfaff, C., Koczó, L. & Szabó, M. (2025). Cretaceous (Santonian) terrestrial molluscs described by Tausch (1886) from Ajka, Hungary, and Aigen, Austria. <em>Animal Taxonomy and Ecology.</em> 71(4): 759–800. [December 16]., available online at https://akjournals.com/view/journals/1777/71/4/article-p759.xml
page(s): 792, fig. 21A-G [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Oppenheim P. (1892). Ueber einige Brackwasser- und Binnen-mollusken aus der Kreide und dem Eocän Ungarns. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 44: 697-818, pls 31-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43534481
page(s): 780 [details]
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Type locality Coal mine in Csinger valley near Ajka ["Csingerthal bei Ajka"], Hungary; late Santonian to early Campanian, late Cretaceous [details]
