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Theodoxus globosus (J. De C. Sowerby, 1823) †
1260103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1260103)
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Species
Nerita globosa J. De C. Sowerby, 1823 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
fossil only
(of Nerita globosa J. De C. Sowerby, 1823 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1823-1825). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth. Vol. V. London, privately published, pp. 1-168 + index [169-171], pl. 408-503 [1823: pp. 1-64, pl. 408-443; 1824: pp. 65-138, pl. 444-485; 1825: pp. 139-171, pl. 486-503]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50318
page(s): 29, pl. 424, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 29, pl. 424, fig. 1 [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
, Note Christchurch ("Lower Bartons, Highcliff,...
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Christchurch ("Lower Bartons, Highcliff, Hants" [neotype]), Hampshire, United Kingdom; Barton Group, late Lutetian to Bartonian, middle to late Eocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Theodoxus globosus (J. De C. Sowerby, 1823) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1260103 on 2025-09-10
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(of Nerita globosa J. De C. Sowerby, 1823 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1823-1825). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth. Vol. V. London, privately published, pp. 1-168 + index [169-171], pl. 408-503 [1823: pp. 1-64, pl. 408-443; 1824: pp. 65-138, pl. 444-485; 1825: pp. 139-171, pl. 486-503]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50318
page(s): 29, pl. 424, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Symonds, M.F. (2002). The Neritidae of the Barton Group (Middle Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin <em>Tertiary Research</em>. 21(1-4): 1-10
page(s): 2, textfig. 1, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 29, pl. 424, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Symonds, M.F. (2002). The Neritidae of the Barton Group (Middle Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin <em>Tertiary Research</em>. 21(1-4): 1-10
page(s): 2, textfig. 1, pl. 2, fig. 1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Neotype Symonds (2002) designated a neotype from the region of the type locality (which was not specified by Sowerby). The neotype is stored in the Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London, under coll. no. BMNH GG22558 and illustrated in Symond [details]Type locality Christchurch ("Lower Bartons, Highcliff, Hants" [neotype]), Hampshire, United Kingdom; Barton Group, late Lutetian to Bartonian, middle to late Eocene [details]
