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Scalpomactra glabra (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †
1442588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1442588)
accepted > unreplaced junior homonym (invalid; based on preoccupied original name)
Species
Nucula glabra G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not Philippi, 1844)
Pseudoportlandia glabra (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Nucula glabra G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) 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): 251, pl. 2, fig.18 [details]
page(s): 251, pl. 2, fig.18 [details]
Holotype (of Nucula glabra G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)...
Holotype (of Nucula glabra G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHM-L27966 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scalpomactra glabra (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442588 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Nucula glabra G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) 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): 251, pl. 2, fig.18 [details]
basis of record 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
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page(s): 251, pl. 2, fig.18 [details]
basis of record 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): 269 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype (of Nucula glabra G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHM-L27966 [details]
