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Cyclostoma fragile Bosquet, 1859 †
1543972 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1543972)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Cyclostoma Draparnaud, 1801 accepted as Pomatias S. Studer, 1789
fossil only
Bosquet, J. (1859). Recherches paléontologiques sur le terrain tertiaire du Limbourg Néerlandais. <em>Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen.</em> 7: 1-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2590369
page(s): 10-11, pl. 1, fig. 12a-c [details]
page(s): 10-11, pl. 1, fig. 12a-c [details]
Type locality contained in Netherlands
type locality contained in Netherlands [details]
Status Status and classification uncertain, not found in the literature following the original description. Also, the name is...
Status Status and classification uncertain, not found in the literature following the original description. Also, the name is invalid as a homonym Cyclostoma fragile L. Pfeiffer, 1859, but the precedence is not established. Pfeiffer's name appeared in September 1859, the exact publication date of Bosquet's work in unknown.
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MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cyclostoma fragile Bosquet, 1859 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1543972 on 2025-09-11
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Bosquet, J. (1859). Recherches paléontologiques sur le terrain tertiaire du Limbourg Néerlandais. <em>Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen.</em> 7: 1-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2590369
page(s): 10-11, pl. 1, fig. 12a-c [details]
page(s): 10-11, pl. 1, fig. 12a-c [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Status Status and classification uncertain, not found in the literature following the original description. Also, the name is invalid as a homonym Cyclostoma fragile L. Pfeiffer, 1859, but the precedence is not established. Pfeiffer's name appeared in September 1859, the exact publication date of Bosquet's work in unknown.[details]
