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Succinea elegans Ping, 1931 †
1361212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1361212)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (junior homonym of S. elegans Risso, 1826; also, a junior synonym)
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Galba elegans (Ping, 1931) † · uncertain > taxon inquirendum
fossil only
Ping, C. (1931). Tertiary and Quaternary Non-Marine Gastropods of North China. <em>Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B.</em> 6(6): 1-40.
page(s): 25-27, pl. 2, fig. 13a-f, textfig. 13a-f [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Shanxi
, Note Ping (1931) gave several localities, but it is...
type locality contained in Shanxi [details]
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Type locality Ping (1931) gave several localities, but it is unclear from which of these comes the holotype: "Polycene: Sanmen series, in basal gravels of the Reddish Clays, Fenho, Shansi Province. Holocene: in tufa at Niangtzekuan, in Shansi Province". [details]
Status Permanently invalid as a junior homonym of Succinea elegans Risso, 1826. Moreover, according to Yen (1943), the taxon...
Status Permanently invalid as a junior homonym of Succinea elegans Risso, 1826. Moreover, according to Yen (1943), the taxon includes at least two previously described species, Radix plicatulus (Benson) and Succinea chinensis erythozona Ancey. Zhu (1995) re-combined it as Galba elegans without discussion. Revision required! [details]
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Ping, C. (1931). Tertiary and Quaternary Non-Marine Gastropods of North China. <em>Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B.</em> 6(6): 1-40.
page(s): 25-27, pl. 2, fig. 13a-f, textfig. 13a-f [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yen, T.-C. (1943). Review and summary of Tertiary and Quaternary non-marine mollusks of China. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 95: 267-309.
page(s): 275 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 25-27, pl. 2, fig. 13a-f, textfig. 13a-f [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yen, T.-C. (1943). Review and summary of Tertiary and Quaternary non-marine mollusks of China. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 95: 267-309.
page(s): 275 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Permanently invalid as a junior homonym of Succinea elegans Risso, 1826. Moreover, according to Yen (1943), the taxon includes at least two previously described species, Radix plicatulus (Benson) and Succinea chinensis erythozona Ancey. Zhu (1995) re-combined it as Galba elegans without discussion. Revision required! [details]Type locality Ping (1931) gave several localities, but it is unclear from which of these comes the holotype: "Polycene: Sanmen series, in basal gravels of the Reddish Clays, Fenho, Shansi Province. Holocene: in tufa at Niangtzekuan, in Shansi Province". [details]
