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Megadesmus (Cleobis) Dana, 1847 †
1895157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1895157)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Subgenus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Cleobis Dana, 1847 †) Dana, J. D. (1847). Appendix. Descriptions of Fossil Shells of the Collections of the Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, valley of the Hunter. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 4(10): 151-160., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27966396
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
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(of Cleobis Dana, 1847 †) Dana, J. D. (1847). Appendix. Descriptions of Fossil Shells of the Collections of the Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, valley of the Hunter. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 4(10): 151-160., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27966396
page(s): 154 [details]
basis of record Runnegar, B. N. (1967). Desmodont bivalves from the Permian of Eastern Australia. <em>Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin.</em> 96: 1-84. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Waterhouse, J. B. (2010). New Late Paleozoic brachiopods and molluscs. <em>Earthwise.</em> 9: 1-134.
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 154 [details]
basis of record Runnegar, B. N. (1967). Desmodont bivalves from the Permian of Eastern Australia. <em>Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Bulletin.</em> 96: 1-84. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Waterhouse, J. B. (2010). New Late Paleozoic brachiopods and molluscs. <em>Earthwise.</em> 9: 1-134.
page(s): 107 [details] Available for editors
[request]