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Mytilus couloni A. d'Orbigny, 1850 †
1740030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1740030)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2</i>. 427 pp. Paris: Masson [November 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41091877
page(s): 81 [details]
Marcou, Y. (1848). Recherches géologiques sur le Jura salinois. <em>Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, deuxième série.</em> 3(1): 1-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42335839
page(s): 139; note: nomen nudum [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
Marcou, Y. (1848). Recherches géologiques sur le Jura salinois. <em>Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, deuxième série.</em> 3(1): 1-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42335839
page(s): 139; note: nomen nudum [details]
Type locality contained in France
type locality contained in France [details]
Original description Authorship commonly attributed to Y. Marcou, who first mentioned the species as nomen nudum in a species list. D'Orbigny...
Original description Authorship commonly attributed to Y. Marcou, who first mentioned the species as nomen nudum in a species list. D'Orbigny (1850) gave a brief (albeit uninformative) description and made the name available. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mytilus couloni A. d'Orbigny, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740030 on 2025-09-11
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Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2</i>. 427 pp. Paris: Masson [November 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41091877
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Marcou, Y. (1848). Recherches géologiques sur le Jura salinois. <em>Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, deuxième série.</em> 3(1): 1-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42335839
page(s): 139; note: nomen nudum [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Marcou, Y. (1848). Recherches géologiques sur le Jura salinois. <em>Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, deuxième série.</em> 3(1): 1-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42335839
page(s): 139; note: nomen nudum [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Original description Authorship commonly attributed to Y. Marcou, who first mentioned the species as nomen nudum in a species list. D'Orbigny (1850) gave a brief (albeit uninformative) description and made the name available. [details]
