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Leviathania gigantea (Makowsky, 1874) †
1567811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1567811)
accepted
Species
Pterocera gigantea Makowsky, 1874 † · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pterocera gigantea Makowsky, 1874 †) Makowsky A. (1874). Über eine neue fossile Gasteropode „Pterocera gigantea“ nova species. <em>Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines Brünn.</em> 8: 123–124.
page(s): 123, pl. 2 [details]
page(s): 123, pl. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Czech Republic
, Note Dörfles “Quarry 5” sensu Bachmayer...
type locality contained in Czech Republic [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Dörfles “Quarry 5” sensu Bachmayer (1940), GPS WGS 84: N48°32’37.28”, E16°20’58.12”, north of Ernstbrunn, ca. 50 km north of Vienna; Lower Austria [details]
Fossil range Late Jurassic, Tithonian
Fossil range Late Jurassic, Tithonian [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leviathania gigantea (Makowsky, 1874) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1567811 on 2025-09-12
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(of Pterocera gigantea Makowsky, 1874 †) Makowsky A. (1874). Über eine neue fossile Gasteropode „Pterocera gigantea“ nova species. <em>Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines Brünn.</em> 8: 123–124.
page(s): 123, pl. 2 [details]
basis of record Harzhauser M. & Schneider S. (2014). A new family of giant Jurassic–Cretaceous littorinoid gastropods from the northern Tethys shelf. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 59(2): 367-378., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0196
page(s): 372, figs. 3A–C, 4A–C, 5B, 6 [details]
page(s): 123, pl. 2 [details]
basis of record Harzhauser M. & Schneider S. (2014). A new family of giant Jurassic–Cretaceous littorinoid gastropods from the northern Tethys shelf. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 59(2): 367-378., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0196
page(s): 372, figs. 3A–C, 4A–C, 5B, 6 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
