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Cardium elongatum J. Sowerby, 1815 †
1450051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1450051)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sowerby, J. (1812-1815). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. I]. London, privately published, pp. i-vii, 9-234 + index [2 pp.], pl. 1-102., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14408
page(s): 188, pl. 82, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 188, pl. 82, fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
Fossil range Although a junior homonym three times over, the name Cardium elongatum J. Sowerby, 1815, can be maintained under ICZN Code...
Fossil range Although a junior homonym three times over, the name Cardium elongatum J. Sowerby, 1815, can be maintained under ICZN Code Art. 23.9.5. [details]
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Sowerby, J. (1812-1815). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. I]. London, privately published, pp. i-vii, 9-234 + index [2 pp.], pl. 1-102., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14408
page(s): 188, pl. 82, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 188, pl. 82, fig. 3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Fossil range Although a junior homonym three times over, the name Cardium elongatum J. Sowerby, 1815, can be maintained under ICZN Code Art. 23.9.5. [details]
