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Quenstedtia staffinensis (Forbes, 1851) †
1559245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1559245)
accepted
Species
Leptesthes staffinensis (Forbes, 1851) † · unaccepted
Unio staffinensis Forbes, 1851 † · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Unio staffinensis Forbes, 1851 †) Forbes, E. (1851). On the Estuary Beds and the Oxford Clay at Loch Staffin, in Skye. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 7: 104-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34983763
page(s): 111, pl. 5, fig. 5a, b [details]
page(s): 111, pl. 5, fig. 5a, b [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
type locality contained in Great Britain [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Quenstedtia staffinensis (Forbes, 1851) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1559245 on 2025-09-10
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(of Unio staffinensis Forbes, 1851 †) Forbes, E. (1851). On the Estuary Beds and the Oxford Clay at Loch Staffin, in Skye. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 7: 104-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34983763
page(s): 111, pl. 5, fig. 5a, b [details]
basis of record Cox, L.R. (1950). Bathonian <em>Viviparus</em>-like gastropods. <em>Geological Magazine.</em> 87(3): 228-231., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800076998 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Anderson, F.W.; Cox, L.R. (1948). The "Loch Staffin Beds" of Skye; with Notes on the Molluscan Fauna of the Great Estuarine Series. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> 23: 103-122.
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 111, pl. 5, fig. 5a, b [details]
basis of record Cox, L.R. (1950). Bathonian <em>Viviparus</em>-like gastropods. <em>Geological Magazine.</em> 87(3): 228-231., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800076998 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Anderson, F.W.; Cox, L.R. (1948). The "Loch Staffin Beds" of Skye; with Notes on the Molluscan Fauna of the Great Estuarine Series. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh.</em> 23: 103-122.
page(s): 113 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
