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Ventrificus distans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †
1899885 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1899885)
accepted
Species
Ficula distans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ficus distans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pyrula distans G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pyrula distans G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 259, pl. 4, fig. 61 [details]
page(s): 259, pl. 4, fig. 61 [details]
Lectotype (of Pyrula distans G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)...
Lectotype (of Pyrula distans G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHM-G26334, geounit Chile [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ventrificus distans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1899885 on 2026-07-07
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(of Pyrula distans G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 259, pl. 4, fig. 61 [details]
new combination reference Vermeij, G. J. & Landau, B. M. (2026). Remarks on the family Ficidae (Caenogastropoda), with the proposal of the new genus <i>Ventrificus</i>. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 26(1): 3-10.
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page(s): 259, pl. 4, fig. 61 [details]
new combination reference Vermeij, G. J. & Landau, B. M. (2026). Remarks on the family Ficidae (Caenogastropoda), with the proposal of the new genus <i>Ventrificus</i>. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 26(1): 3-10.
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Pyrula distans G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHM-G26334, geounit Chile [details]
Nontype (of Ficus distans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)) USNM 447180, geounit Peru [details]
