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Cyrena obtusa Forbes, 1856 †
1560712 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1560712)
unaccepted > junior homonym
Species
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 149, pl. 3, fig. 4, 4a, 4b [details]
page(s): 149, pl. 3, fig. 4, 4a, 4b [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
, Note "In the Bembridge Marls, at the east end of...
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality "In the Bembridge Marls, at the east end of Hempstead [= Hamstead] Cliff, and also at Lyndhurst, Hants [...]. Also at Hordwell." (Isle of Wight and Hampshire, England, United Kingdom) [details]
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Cyrena obtusa Roemer, 1836. Cyrena anglicana Prime, 1860 is a replacement name.
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Cyrena obtusa Roemer, 1836. Cyrena anglicana Prime, 1860 is a replacement name. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyrena obtusa Forbes, 1856 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1560712 on 2025-07-06
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Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 149, pl. 3, fig. 4, 4a, 4b [details]
page(s): 149, pl. 3, fig. 4, 4a, 4b [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Cyrena obtusa Roemer, 1836. Cyrena anglicana Prime, 1860 is a replacement name. [details]Type locality "In the Bembridge Marls, at the east end of Hempstead [= Hamstead] Cliff, and also at Lyndhurst, Hants [...]. Also at Hordwell." (Isle of Wight and Hampshire, England, United Kingdom) [details]
