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Cancellaria moorei Guppy, 1866 †
1481914 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1481914)
accepted
Species
Cancellaria (Bivetopsis) moorei Guppy, 1866 † · alternative representation
- Subspecies Cancellaria moorei moorei Guppy, 1866 †
- Subspecies Cancellaria moorei pachia M. Smith, 1940 † accepted as Bivetopsia pachia (M. Smith, 1940) † (superseded rank and combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36164710
page(s): 289, pl. 17, fig, 7 [details]
page(s): 289, pl. 17, fig, 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Jamaica
type locality contained in Jamaica (origin: native) [details]
Etymology Named for the English geologist, John Carrick Moore (1804-1898).
Etymology Named for the English geologist, John Carrick Moore (1804-1898). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cancellaria moorei Guppy, 1866 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1481914 on 2025-09-12
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Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 22: 281-295, pls. 16-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36164710
page(s): 289, pl. 17, fig, 7 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 520 [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 236 [details]
page(s): 289, pl. 17, fig, 7 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1876). On the Miocene fossils of Haiti. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 32: 516-532, pls. 28–29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36931103
page(s): 520 [details]
additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 236 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the English geologist, John Carrick Moore (1804-1898). [details]
