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Elliptio salissiensis L. S. Russell, 1952 †
1501856 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1501856)
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Russell, L.S. (1952). Molluscan fauna of the Kishenehn Formation, Southeastern British Columbia. In: Anonymous (Ed.) Annual Report of the National Museum of Canada for the fiscal year 1950-51. National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 126: 120-141.
page(s): 126-127, textfig. 5, pl. 17, figs 1, 2 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 126-127, textfig. 5, pl. 17, figs 1, 2 [details] Available for editors

Holotype GSC 10101
, Note Locality W1 ("on the west or right bank about...
Holotype GSC 10101 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Locality W1 ("on the west or right bank about 0.6 mile north of the boundary"), Flathead Valley, British Columbia, Canada; Kishenehn Fm., Eocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Elliptio salissiensis L. S. Russell, 1952 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1501856 on 2025-03-27
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Russell, L.S. (1952). Molluscan fauna of the Kishenehn Formation, Southeastern British Columbia. In: Anonymous (Ed.) Annual Report of the National Museum of Canada for the fiscal year 1950-51. National Museum of Canada Bulletin. 126: 120-141.
page(s): 126-127, textfig. 5, pl. 17, figs 1, 2 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Pierce, H.G.; Constenius, K.N. (2014). Terrestrial and Aquatic Mollusks of the Eocene Kishenehn Formation, Middle Fork Flathead River, Montana. Annals of Carnegie Museum. 82(4): 305-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.2992/007.082.0401 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Watters, G. T. (2001). The evolution of the Unionacea in North America, and its implications for the worldwide fauna. In: Bauer, G.; Wächtler, K. (eds) Ecology and evolution of the freshwater mussels Unionoida. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 281-307.
page(s): 297, 298, fig. 15.29 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Modell, H. (1957). Die fossilen Najaden Nordamerikas. Ein Klassifizierungsversuch. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 86(4/6): 183-200.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 126-127, textfig. 5, pl. 17, figs 1, 2 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Pierce, H.G.; Constenius, K.N. (2014). Terrestrial and Aquatic Mollusks of the Eocene Kishenehn Formation, Middle Fork Flathead River, Montana. Annals of Carnegie Museum. 82(4): 305-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.2992/007.082.0401 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Watters, G. T. (2001). The evolution of the Unionacea in North America, and its implications for the worldwide fauna. In: Bauer, G.; Wächtler, K. (eds) Ecology and evolution of the freshwater mussels Unionoida. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 281-307.
page(s): 297, 298, fig. 15.29 [details] Available for editors

additional source Modell, H. (1957). Die fossilen Najaden Nordamerikas. Ein Klassifizierungsversuch. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 86(4/6): 183-200.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors





- Type locality
- type locality contained in British Columbia [details]
Holotype GSC 10101 [details]