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Lymnaea saportae Matheron, 1861 †
1260688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1260688)
accepted
Species
Limnaea saportae Matheron, 1861 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (genus misspelt)
Lymnaea saportai [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
fossil only
Heer, O. (1861). Recherches sur le climat et la végétation du pays tertiaire. Jean Wurster & Comp., Winterthur, 220 + xxii pp., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=2qL7UYqPXvkC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 123 [details]
page(s): 123 [details]
Note The type locality is not exactly clear from...
From editor or global species database
Type locality The type locality is not exactly clear from Heer (1861). It is either in the vicinity of Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade or Saint-Canadet (from where it was later reported by Saporta 1889) north of Aix-en-Province (Dép. Bouches-du-Rhône) or near Manosque (Dép. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) or Gargas (Dép. Vaucluse). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lymnaea saportae Matheron, 1861 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1260688 on 2025-09-11
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Heer, O. (1861). Recherches sur le climat et la végétation du pays tertiaire. Jean Wurster & Comp., Winterthur, 220 + xxii pp., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=2qL7UYqPXvkC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 123 [details]
additional source Wenz, W. (1923-1930). Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia. Gastropoda extramarina tertiaria. W. Junk, Berlin. Vol. I: 1-352 pp. (1923), Vol. II: 353-736 pp. (1923), Vol. III: 737-1068 pp. (1923), Vol. IV: 1069-1420 pp. (1923), Vol. V: 1421-1734 pp. (1923), Vol. VI: 1735-1862 pp. (1923), Vol. VII: 1863-2230 pp. (1926), Vol. VIII: 2231-2502 pp. (1928), Vol. IX: 2503-2886 pp. (1929), Vol. X: 2887-3014 pp. (1929), Vol. XI: 3015-3387 pp. (1930)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61839#/summary
page(s): 1225 [details]
page(s): 123 [details]
additional source Wenz, W. (1923-1930). Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia. Gastropoda extramarina tertiaria. W. Junk, Berlin. Vol. I: 1-352 pp. (1923), Vol. II: 353-736 pp. (1923), Vol. III: 737-1068 pp. (1923), Vol. IV: 1069-1420 pp. (1923), Vol. V: 1421-1734 pp. (1923), Vol. VI: 1735-1862 pp. (1923), Vol. VII: 1863-2230 pp. (1926), Vol. VIII: 2231-2502 pp. (1928), Vol. IX: 2503-2886 pp. (1929), Vol. X: 2887-3014 pp. (1929), Vol. XI: 3015-3387 pp. (1930)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61839#/summary
page(s): 1225 [details]




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Authority The short description in Heer (1861) was overlooked by Wenz (1923), who considered Saporta (1889) the author of the species. [details]Type locality The type locality is not exactly clear from Heer (1861). It is either in the vicinity of Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade or Saint-Canadet (from where it was later reported by Saporta 1889) north of Aix-en-Province (Dép. Bouches-du-Rhône) or near Manosque (Dép. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) or Gargas (Dép. Vaucluse). [details]