WoRMS name details
Monoceros ambiguus G. B. Sowerby I, 1846
1439245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439245)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 261, pl. 4, figs. 66, 67 [details]
page(s): 261, pl. 4, figs. 66, 67 [details]
Holotype NHMUK NHM-G26378
Holotype NHMUK NHM-G26378 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Monoceros ambiguus G. B. Sowerby I, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439245 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 261, pl. 4, figs. 66, 67 [details]
page(s): 261, pl. 4, figs. 66, 67 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
DeVries, T. J. (2003). <i>Acanthina</i> Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (Gastropoda: Muricidae), an ocenebrine genus endemic to South America. <em>The Veliger.</em> 46 (4): 332-350., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42496877
page(s): 334 [details]
page(s): 334 [details]
Other
additional source
Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 59, pl. 7, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 291, pl. 17, fig. 13-14 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 59, pl. 7, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 291, pl. 17, fig. 13-14 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Holotype NHMUK NHM-G26378 [details]
