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Phalium (Semicassis) louella Squires & Advocate, 1986 †
1353616 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1353616)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Squires, R. L. & Advocate, D. M. (1986). New early Eocene mollusks from the Orocopia Mountains, southern California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 60(4): 851-864., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000042992
page(s): 858-859, fig. 2.11, 2.12 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 858-859, fig. 2.11, 2.12 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in California
, Note Orocopia Mountains, Riverside County
type locality contained in California [details]
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Type locality Orocopia Mountains, Riverside County [details]
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist, LouElla R. Saul (1927-2021).
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist, LouElla R. Saul (1927-2021). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phalium (Semicassis) louella Squires & Advocate, 1986 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1353616 on 2025-09-12
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Squires, R. L. & Advocate, D. M. (1986). New early Eocene mollusks from the Orocopia Mountains, southern California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 60(4): 851-864., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000042992
page(s): 858-859, fig. 2.11, 2.12 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 39, pl. S81 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 858-859, fig. 2.11, 2.12 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 39, pl. S81 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist, LouElla R. Saul (1927-2021). [details]Nomenclature note species considered a noun in apposition by Bertsch et al. (2025: 39) so a genitive suffix is unnecessary. [details]
Type locality Orocopia Mountains, Riverside County [details]
