MolluscaBase taxon details
Eriptycha Meek, 1876 †
1541586 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1541586)
accepted
Genus
Auricula decurtata J. De C. Sowerby, 1832 † accepted as Eriptycha decurtata (J. De C. Sowerby, 1832) † (type by typification of replaced name)
Cinulia (Euptycha) Meek, 1863 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Euptycha...)
junior homonym of Euptycha Hübner, 1816 [Lepidoptera]; Eriptycha is a replacement name
Eryptycha [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Eriptycha archiaciana (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) †
- Species Eriptycha decurtata (J. De C. Sowerby, 1832) †
- Species Eriptycha punamutica Wilckens, 1922 †
- Species Eriptycha salleana (Morlet, 1880) accepted as Ringicula salleana Morlet, 1880
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
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): 283 [details]
page(s): 283 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Eriptycha Meek, 1876 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1541586 on 2025-09-11
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original description
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): 283 [details]
original description (of Cinulia (Euptycha) Meek, 1863 †) Meek, F. B. (1863). Remarks on the family Actaeonidae, with descriptions of some new genera and sub-genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> Series 2, 35: 84-94., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37101239
page(s): 88, 93 [details]
additional source Stilwell, J. D. (2007). First record of Late Cretaceous Gastropoda (Mollusca) from the Takatika Grit, Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 50(1): 21-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288300709509816
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 283 [details]
original description (of Cinulia (Euptycha) Meek, 1863 †) Meek, F. B. (1863). Remarks on the family Actaeonidae, with descriptions of some new genera and sub-genera. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> Series 2, 35: 84-94., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37101239
page(s): 88, 93 [details]
additional source Stilwell, J. D. (2007). First record of Late Cretaceous Gastropoda (Mollusca) from the Takatika Grit, Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 50(1): 21-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288300709509816
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
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Additional information Nom. nov. pro Euptycha Meek, 1863, non Hübner, 1816 [Lepidoptera]. Misspelt as Eriptycka by Meek on p. 282. [details]
