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Bulimus pygmeus Brongniart, 1810 †
1262881 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1262881)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Bulimus Scopoli, 1777 accepted as Bithynia Leach, 1818
fossil only
Brongniart, A. (1810). Sur des terrains qui paroissent avoir été formés sous l'eau douce. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 15, 357-405., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546730
page(s): 376, pl. 23, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 376, pl. 23, fig. 1 [details]
Note Palaiseau, Essonne, France; Meulières de...
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Type locality Palaiseau, Essonne, France; Meulières de Montmorency, Rupelian, early Oligocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bulimus pygmeus Brongniart, 1810 †. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1262881 on 2025-09-11
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Brongniart, A. (1810). Sur des terrains qui paroissent avoir été formés sous l'eau douce. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.</em> 15, 357-405., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546730
page(s): 376, pl. 23, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 376, pl. 23, fig. 1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Additional information Wenz (1926) erroneously listed "Saint-Aubin bei Le Mans" as the type locality and did not list the actual one (Palaiseau). Sometimes misspelt as "pygmaeus" or "pygmaea" by later authors. [details]Type locality Palaiseau, Essonne, France; Meulières de Montmorency, Rupelian, early Oligocene [details]
