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Megalonoidea rugicosta MacNeil, 1935 †
1501855 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1501855)
accepted
Species
Amblema rugicosta (MacNeil, 1935) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
fossil only
MacNeil, F.S. (1935). Fresh-water Mollusks from the Catahoula Sandstone (Miocene) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology. 9(1): 10-17.
page(s): 15, pl. 4, fig. 3, pl. 5, figs 3, 4 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 15, pl. 4, fig. 3, pl. 5, figs 3, 4 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 371928
, Note "5 miles north of the town of La Grange...
Holotype USNM 371928 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality "5 miles north of the town of La Grange [Fayette Co., Texas], about one-half mile northwest of the south corner of the James Green League", USA; Catahoula Fm., Miocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Megalonoidea rugicosta MacNeil, 1935 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1501855 on 2025-03-27
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MacNeil, F.S. (1935). Fresh-water Mollusks from the Catahoula Sandstone (Miocene) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology. 9(1): 10-17.
page(s): 15, pl. 4, fig. 3, pl. 5, figs 3, 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Watters, G. T. (2001). The evolution of the Unionacea in North America, and its implications for the worldwide fauna. In: Bauer, G.; Wächtler, K. (eds) Ecology and evolution of the freshwater mussels Unionoida. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 281-307.
page(s): 296, fig. 15.26 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 15, pl. 4, fig. 3, pl. 5, figs 3, 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Watters, G. T. (2001). The evolution of the Unionacea in North America, and its implications for the worldwide fauna. In: Bauer, G.; Wächtler, K. (eds) Ecology and evolution of the freshwater mussels Unionoida. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 281-307.
page(s): 296, fig. 15.26 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Type locality
- type locality contained in Texas [details]
Holotype USNM 371928 [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification May belong in the genus Megalonaias according to Watters (2001). [details]Type locality "5 miles north of the town of La Grange [Fayette Co., Texas], about one-half mile northwest of the south corner of the James Green League", USA; Catahoula Fm., Miocene [details]
