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Lymnaea shumardi Meek, 1876 †
1260665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1260665)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Limnaea shumardi Meek, 1876 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (genus misspelt)
fossil only
(of Limnaea shumardi Meek, 1876 †) Meek, F. B. (1876). A report on the invertebrate Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils of the upper Missouri country. In: Hayden, F.V. (Ed.) Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. 9: lxiv + 1–629, 45 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2024294
page(s): 599, pl. 45, figs 6a-b [details]
page(s): 599, pl. 45, figs 6a-b [details]
Type locality contained in South Dakota
type locality contained in South Dakota [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Etymology Named for the American geologist and paleontologist Benjamin Franklin Shumard (1820-1869).
Etymology Named for the American geologist and paleontologist Benjamin Franklin Shumard (1820-1869). [details]
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(of Limnaea shumardi Meek, 1876 †) Meek, F. B. (1876). A report on the invertebrate Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils of the upper Missouri country. In: Hayden, F.V. (Ed.) Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. 9: lxiv + 1–629, 45 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2024294
page(s): 599, pl. 45, figs 6a-b [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
page(s): 240 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Pierce, H.G. (1993). The nonmarine mollusks of the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene Cabbage Patch fauna of western Montana III. Aquatic mollusks and conclusions. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 67(6): 980-993.
page(s): 986-987 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cockerell, T. D. A. (1908). The Miocene species of <em>Lymnaea</em>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 22(7): 69-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743582
page(s): 70 [details]
page(s): 599, pl. 45, figs 6a-b [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
page(s): 240 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Pierce, H.G. (1993). The nonmarine mollusks of the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene Cabbage Patch fauna of western Montana III. Aquatic mollusks and conclusions. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 67(6): 980-993.
page(s): 986-987 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cockerell, T. D. A. (1908). The Miocene species of <em>Lymnaea</em>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 22(7): 69-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743582
page(s): 70 [details]




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Etymology Named for the American geologist and paleontologist Benjamin Franklin Shumard (1820-1869). [details]