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Cerion pauli M. Smith, 1943
1482403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1482403)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Smith, M. (1943). New species of <i>Cerion</i>, <i>Nenia</i> and <i>Drymaeus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(2): 59-62, pl. 7, figs. 7-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515517
page(s): 60-61, pl. 7, fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 60-61, pl. 7, fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Bahamas
type locality contained in Bahamas (origin: native) [details]
Etymology Named for Paul Dean Ford, a malacologist of Nassau, Bahamas
Etymology Named for Paul Dean Ford, a malacologist of Nassau, Bahamas [details]
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Smith, M. (1943). New species of <i>Cerion</i>, <i>Nenia</i> and <i>Drymaeus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(2): 59-62, pl. 7, figs. 7-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515517
page(s): 60-61, pl. 7, fig. 8 [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. (1957). A catalogue of the Cerionidae (Mollusca - Pulmonata). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.</em> 116(2): 121-169 (April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2789647
page(s): 157 [details]
additional source Woodruff, D. S. (1978). Evolution and adaptive radiation of <i>Cerion</i>: a remarkably diverse group of West Indian land snails. <em>Malacologia.</em> 17(2): 223-239.
page(s): 232 [details]
source of synonymy Gould, S. J. (1984). Morphological channeling by structural constraint: convergence in styles of dwarfing and gigantism in <i>Cerion</i>, with a description of two new fossil species and a report on the discovery of the largest <i>Cerion</i>. <em>Paleobiology.</em> 10(2): 172-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0094837300008150
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 60-61, pl. 7, fig. 8 [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. (1957). A catalogue of the Cerionidae (Mollusca - Pulmonata). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.</em> 116(2): 121-169 (April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2789647
page(s): 157 [details]
additional source Woodruff, D. S. (1978). Evolution and adaptive radiation of <i>Cerion</i>: a remarkably diverse group of West Indian land snails. <em>Malacologia.</em> 17(2): 223-239.
page(s): 232 [details]
source of synonymy Gould, S. J. (1984). Morphological channeling by structural constraint: convergence in styles of dwarfing and gigantism in <i>Cerion</i>, with a description of two new fossil species and a report on the discovery of the largest <i>Cerion</i>. <em>Paleobiology.</em> 10(2): 172-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0094837300008150
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Named for Paul Dean Ford, a malacologist of Nassau, Bahamas [details]
