MolluscaBase name details
Metoptoma similis Whitfield, 1878 †
1602120 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1602120)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Whitfield, R. P. (1878). Preliminary descriptions of new species of fossils from the lower geological formations of Wisconsin. <em>Annual report of the Wisconsin Geological Survey for 1877.</em> 50-89., available online at https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AQORDYWVU3OT7H8T/pages/AUCZ33CGCWPH5D8D
page(s): 61 [details]
page(s): 61 [details]
Type locality contained in Wisconsin
type locality contained in Wisconsin [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Metoptoma similis Whitfield, 1878 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1602120 on 2025-03-18
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Whitfield, R. P. (1878). Preliminary descriptions of new species of fossils from the lower geological formations of Wisconsin. <em>Annual report of the Wisconsin Geological Survey for 1877.</em> 50-89., available online at https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AQORDYWVU3OT7H8T/pages/AUCZ33CGCWPH5D8D
page(s): 61 [details]
additional source Whitfield R.P. (1882). Part III. Palaeontology. <em>Geology of Wisconsin.</em> 4:163-363.
page(s): 196, pl. 3, fig. 12, 13 [details]
status source Yochelson E. L., Webers G. F. (2006). A restudy of the Late Cambrian molluscan fauna of Berkey (1898) from Taylors Falls, Minnesota. <em>Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations.</em> 64: 1-60.
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 61 [details]
additional source Whitfield R.P. (1882). Part III. Palaeontology. <em>Geology of Wisconsin.</em> 4:163-363.
page(s): 196, pl. 3, fig. 12, 13 [details]
status source Yochelson E. L., Webers G. F. (2006). A restudy of the Late Cambrian molluscan fauna of Berkey (1898) from Taylors Falls, Minnesota. <em>Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations.</em> 64: 1-60.
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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