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Astarte elevata G. B. Sowerby II, 1859 †
1438768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438768)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1859). [List of fossils, 134–135], Description of some new fossil species collected by John Brown Esq., F.G.S., at Grove Ferry, Kent, 136, pl. 5. In: Brown, J. On the occurrence of some Tertiary fossils at Grove Ferry, near Canterbury, Kent. With descriptions of some of the species; by G. B. Sowerby, Esq., F.L.S. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 15: 133–136, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36161672
page(s): 136, pl. 5, figs. 6a–c [details]
page(s): 136, pl. 5, figs. 6a–c [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Astarte elevata G. B. Sowerby II, 1859 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438768 on 2025-09-10
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Sowerby, G. B. II. (1859). [List of fossils, 134–135], Description of some new fossil species collected by John Brown Esq., F.G.S., at Grove Ferry, Kent, 136, pl. 5. In: Brown, J. On the occurrence of some Tertiary fossils at Grove Ferry, near Canterbury, Kent. With descriptions of some of the species; by G. B. Sowerby, Esq., F.L.S. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 15: 133–136, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36161672
page(s): 136, pl. 5, figs. 6a–c [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 136, pl. 5, figs. 6a–c [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
