MolluscaBase - Galba (Polyrhytis) Meek, 1876

MolluscaBase name details

Galba (Polyrhytis) Meek, 1876

AphiaID

1462048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1462048)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Limnaea (Polyrhytis) kingi Meek, 1876 † accepted as Polyrhytis kingi (Meek, 1876) †

Parent

Galba Schrank, 1803

Original name

Limnaea (Polyrhytis) Meek, 1876 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

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. (2021). MolluscaBase. Galba (Polyrhytis) Meek, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1462048 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-10-13 07:05:25Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Sources (2)

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]

basis of record Baker, F. C. (1911). The Lymnaeidae of North and Middle America, recent and fossil. <em>The Chicago Academy of Sciences, special publication.</em> 3: 1-539., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18164581
page(s): 458 [details]