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Cyrena falconensis H. Hodson, 1931 †
1575623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1575623)
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Hodson, F. & Hodson, H. K. (1931). Some Venezuelan Mollusks. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 16(59): 1-94., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32554329
page(s): 8, pl. 1, fig. 4, pl. 2, figs 10, 11 [details]
page(s): 8, pl. 1, fig. 4, pl. 2, figs 10, 11 [details]
Note Loc. 193, 1.5 kilometers east and 900 meters...
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Type locality Loc. 193, 1.5 kilometers east and 900 meters north of La Vela de Coro lighthouse. District of Colina, State of Falcon (Venezuela). [details]
Status According to unpublished data (Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal...
Status According to unpublished data (Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions), the species belongs to Polymesoda. Macsotay (2005) synonymized it with Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) comparana Maury, 1925, but without any discussion. [details]
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Hodson, F. & Hodson, H. K. (1931). Some Venezuelan Mollusks. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 16(59): 1-94., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32554329
page(s): 8, pl. 1, fig. 4, pl. 2, figs 10, 11 [details]
source of synonymy Macsotay, O. (2005). The Humboldt Channel: Early Pleistocene extensional graben through eastern Venezuela and Trinidad. <em>Caribbean Journal of Earth Science.</em> 39: 83-91.
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 8, pl. 1, fig. 4, pl. 2, figs 10, 11 [details]
source of synonymy Macsotay, O. (2005). The Humboldt Channel: Early Pleistocene extensional graben through eastern Venezuela and Trinidad. <em>Caribbean Journal of Earth Science.</em> 39: 83-91.
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors





From editor or global species database
Status According to unpublished data (Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions), the species belongs to Polymesoda. Macsotay (2005) synonymized it with Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) comparana Maury, 1925, but without any discussion. [details]Type locality Loc. 193, 1.5 kilometers east and 900 meters north of La Vela de Coro lighthouse. District of Colina, State of Falcon (Venezuela). [details]