MolluscaBase - Pterospira mortoni (Tate, 1889) †

MolluscaBase name details

Pterospira mortoni (Tate, 1889) †

AphiaID

1636782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1636782)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Livonia mortoni (Tate, 1889) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Pterospira G. F. Harris, 1897 † accepted as Livonia Gray, 1855

Original name

Voluta mortoni Tate, 1889 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Voluta mortoni Tate, 1889 †) Tate, R. (1889). The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part II). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 11: 116-174, pls 2-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26250367
page(s): 124 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterospira mortoni (Tate, 1889) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1636782 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-02-11 18:37:45Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2023-04-06 20:24:05Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Voluta mortoni Tate, 1889 †) Tate, R. (1889). The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part II). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 11: 116-174, pls 2-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26250367
page(s): 124 [details]