MolluscaBase - Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea) leeana D. Wilson, 1987 †

MolluscaBase name details

Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea) leeana D. Wilson, 1987 †

AphiaID

1551893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1551893)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Pycnodonte leeana D. Wilson, 1987 †

Rank

Species

Parent

Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea) Sacco, 1897 † represented as Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1835

Original name

Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea) leeana D. Wilson, 1987 †

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Wilson, D. (1987). A new pycnodont oyster from the Pungo River Formation, and an annotated list of the Cenozoic pycnodonts of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. In Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Cree Mine, North Carolina, II (Ray, C.E., Ed.). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 61: 13-20., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/1983/SCtP-0061-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y#page=21 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea) leeana D. Wilson, 1987 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1551893 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-12-14 18:24:44Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2022-09-01 19:26:12Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Wilson, D. (1987). A new pycnodont oyster from the Pungo River Formation, and an annotated list of the Cenozoic pycnodonts of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. In Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Cree Mine, North Carolina, II (Ray, C.E., Ed.). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 61: 13-20., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/1983/SCtP-0061-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y#page=21 [details]