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Limnaea kingi Meek, 1876 †
1263017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1263017)
unaccepted > superseded combination (genus misspelt)
Species
Limnaea Blainville, 1824 accepted as Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799
fossil only
(of Limnaea (Polyrhytis) kingi 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): 532 [details]
page(s): 532 [details]
Note Locality first indicated as "Cache Valley,...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Locality first indicated as "Cache Valley, Utah" by Meek (1877), Taylor (1966) specified it as Mendon, Utah, United States; Salt Lake Formation (Cache Valley Member), late Miocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Limnaea kingi Meek, 1876 †. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263017 on 2025-09-10
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(of Limnaea (Polyrhytis) kingi 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): 532 [details]
page(s): 532 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling "kingii" as used by Henderson (1935) is an incorrect subsequent spelling. [details]Type locality Locality first indicated as "Cache Valley, Utah" by Meek (1877), Taylor (1966) specified it as Mendon, Utah, United States; Salt Lake Formation (Cache Valley Member), late Miocene [details]
