MolluscaBase taxon details
Xylophagella elegantula (Meek & Hayden, 1858) †
1348942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1348942)
accepted
Species
Xylophaga elegantula Meek & Hayden, 1858 † · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Xylophaga elegantula Meek & Hayden, 1858 †) Meek, F. B.; Hayden, F. V. (1857). Descriptions of new genera of fossils, collected by Dr. F.V. Hayden, in Nebraska territory, under the direction of Lieut. G.K. Warren, US Topographical Engineer; with some remarks on the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations of the north-west, and parallelism of the latter with those of other portions of the United States and Territories. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 117–148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330383
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xylophagella elegantula (Meek & Hayden, 1858) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348942 on 2025-09-11
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(of Xylophaga elegantula Meek & Hayden, 1858 †) Meek, F. B.; Hayden, F. V. (1857). Descriptions of new genera of fossils, collected by Dr. F.V. Hayden, in Nebraska territory, under the direction of Lieut. G.K. Warren, US Topographical Engineer; with some remarks on the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations of the north-west, and parallelism of the latter with those of other portions of the United States and Territories. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 9: 117–148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330383
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
