MolluscaBase - Polyrhytis Meek, 1876 †

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Polyrhytis Meek, 1876 †

AphiaID

1371929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1371929)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Lymnaea kingi Meek, 1876 † accepted as Polyrhytis kingi (Meek, 1876) † (type by monotypy)

Parent

Lymnaeinae incertae sedis

Original name

Limnaea (Polyrhytis) Meek, 1876 †

Synonymised names

Limnaea (Polyrhytis) Meek, 1876 † · unaccepted > superseded rank

Lymnaea (Polyrhytis) Meek, 1876 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Polyrhytis kingi (Meek, 1876) †

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Limnaea (Polyrhytis) 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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polyrhytis Meek, 1876 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1371929 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-08-26 15:17:38Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

2022-12-06 14:19:31Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2023-12-06 08:00:45Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Lymnaea (Polyrhytis) 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]

original description (of Limnaea (Polyrhytis) 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]