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Pachymelania wyomingensis (Meek, 1873) †
1261086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261086)
accepted
Species
Melania (Goniobasis) wyomingensis Meek, 1873 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania larunda C. A. White, 1876 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
fossil only
(of Melania (Goniobasis) wyomingensis Meek, 1873 †) Meek, F.B. (1873). Preliminary paleontological report, consisting of lists and descriptions of fossils, with remarks on the ages of the rocks in which they were found, etc., etc. <em>United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, annual report.</em> 6: 431-541., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15677973
page(s): 516 [details]
page(s): 516 [details]
Type locality contained in Wyoming
type locality contained in Wyoming [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pachymelania wyomingensis (Meek, 1873) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261086 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melania (Goniobasis) wyomingensis Meek, 1873 †) Meek, F.B. (1873). Preliminary paleontological report, consisting of lists and descriptions of fossils, with remarks on the ages of the rocks in which they were found, etc., etc. <em>United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, annual report.</em> 6: 431-541., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15677973
page(s): 516 [details]
original description (of Melania larunda C. A. White, 1876 †) White, C.A. (1876). Invertebrate paleontology of the Plateau province, together with notice of a few species from localities beyond its limits in Colorado. In: Powell, J.W. (Ed.) Report on the geology of the eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto. With atlas. U. S. Geological and Geographic Survey of the Terretories, Washington, 74-135 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19391191
page(s): 131 [details]
basis of record Hartman, J.H.; Kirkland, J.I. (2002). Brackish and marine mollusks of the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota: Evidence for a persisting Cretaceous seaway <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers</em>. 361: 271-296, available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2361-2.271 [details]
additional source Perrilliat, M.d.C.; Vega, F.J.; Espinosa, B.; Naranjo-Garcia, E. (2008). Late Cretaceous and Paleogene freshwater gastropods from northeastern Mexico <em>Journal of Paleontology</em>. 82(2): 255-266, available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/06-062.1
page(s): 261 [details]
page(s): 516 [details]
original description (of Melania larunda C. A. White, 1876 †) White, C.A. (1876). Invertebrate paleontology of the Plateau province, together with notice of a few species from localities beyond its limits in Colorado. In: Powell, J.W. (Ed.) Report on the geology of the eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto. With atlas. U. S. Geological and Geographic Survey of the Terretories, Washington, 74-135 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19391191
page(s): 131 [details]
basis of record Hartman, J.H.; Kirkland, J.I. (2002). Brackish and marine mollusks of the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota: Evidence for a persisting Cretaceous seaway <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers</em>. 361: 271-296, available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/0-8137-2361-2.271 [details]
additional source Perrilliat, M.d.C.; Vega, F.J.; Espinosa, B.; Naranjo-Garcia, E. (2008). Late Cretaceous and Paleogene freshwater gastropods from northeastern Mexico <em>Journal of Paleontology</em>. 82(2): 255-266, available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/06-062.1
page(s): 261 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification New combination with Melanatria by Perrilliat et al. (2008) not accepted. [details]
