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Venus elliptica J. Phillips, 1836 †
1733202 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1733202)
unaccepted (junior homonym of Venus elliptica Lamarck, 1818; synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Phillips, J. (1836). Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains: accompanied by a geological map, sections and diagrams, and figures of the fossils. Part II. The Mountain Limestone District. J. Murray, London, XX + 253 pp. + 25 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53044151
page(s): 209, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 209, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
Homonymy Junior homonym of Venus elliptica Lamarck, 1818. Both names are presently in different genera.
Homonymy Junior homonym of Venus elliptica Lamarck, 1818. Both names are presently in different genera. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus elliptica J. Phillips, 1836 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1733202 on 2025-09-10
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Phillips, J. (1836). Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains: accompanied by a geological map, sections and diagrams, and figures of the fossils. Part II. The Mountain Limestone District. J. Murray, London, XX + 253 pp. + 25 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53044151
page(s): 209, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
source of synonymy Morris, N. J.; Dickins, J. M.; Astafieva-Urbaitis, K. (1991). Upper Palaeozoic anomalodesmatan Bivalvia. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology.</em> 47: 51-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36621447
page(s): 73 [details]
page(s): 209, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
source of synonymy Morris, N. J.; Dickins, J. M.; Astafieva-Urbaitis, K. (1991). Upper Palaeozoic anomalodesmatan Bivalvia. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology.</em> 47: 51-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36621447
page(s): 73 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Homonymy Junior homonym of Venus elliptica Lamarck, 1818. Both names are presently in different genera. [details]
