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Unio cirtanus Bourguignat, 1862 †
1575660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1575660)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
fossil only
Bourguignat, J.-R. (1862). Paléontologie des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Algérie, I-VIII + 9-126, pls 1-6. Paris (J.-B. Baillière), available online at https://books.google.mg/books?id=k2hw4aoCjAMC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 109-110, pl. 6, figs 13, 14 [details]
page(s): 109-110, pl. 6, figs 13, 14 [details]
Type locality contained in Algeria
type locality contained in Algeria [details]
Fossil range Age uncertain, typically given as "Tertiary". Wenz (1923-1930) classified the deposits as "Pontien" (late Miocene or early...
Fossil range Age uncertain, typically given as "Tertiary". Wenz (1923-1930) classified the deposits as "Pontien" (late Miocene or early Pliocene). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Unio cirtanus Bourguignat, 1862 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1575660 on 2025-03-30
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Bourguignat, J.-R. (1862). Paléontologie des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Algérie, I-VIII + 9-126, pls 1-6. Paris (J.-B. Baillière), available online at https://books.google.mg/books?id=k2hw4aoCjAMC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 109-110, pl. 6, figs 13, 14 [details]
basis of record Pallary, P. (1901). Sur les mollusques fossiles terrestres, fluviatiles et saumâtres de l'Algérie. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> 9 [= <i>Paléontologie</i> 22]: 1-213, pl. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42341739
page(s): 186, pl. 4, fig. 4 [details]
source of synonymy Daget J. (1998). <i>Catalogue raisonné des mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains</i>. 329 pp. Leiden: Backhuys / Paris: Editions de l'ORSTOM. , available online at http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers14-12/010016420.pdf
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 109-110, pl. 6, figs 13, 14 [details]
basis of record Pallary, P. (1901). Sur les mollusques fossiles terrestres, fluviatiles et saumâtres de l'Algérie. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> 9 [= <i>Paléontologie</i> 22]: 1-213, pl. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42341739
page(s): 186, pl. 4, fig. 4 [details]
source of synonymy Daget J. (1998). <i>Catalogue raisonné des mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains</i>. 329 pp. Leiden: Backhuys / Paris: Editions de l'ORSTOM. , available online at http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers14-12/010016420.pdf
page(s): 92 [details]




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Fossil range Age uncertain, typically given as "Tertiary". Wenz (1923-1930) classified the deposits as "Pontien" (late Miocene or early Pliocene). [details]