MolluscaBase name details
Scalaria leroyi Guppy, 1867 †
1746823 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1746823)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Scalaria Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Epitonium Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Guppy, R. J. L. (1867). On the Tertiary fossils of the West-Indies, with especial reference to the classification of the Kainozoic rocks of Trinidad. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 1(3): 145-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54074979
page(s): 168-169 [details]
page(s): 168-169 [details]
Type locality contained in Trinidad and Tobago
, Note Caroni beds, Savanetta
type locality contained in Trinidad and Tobago (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Caroni beds, Savanetta [details]
Etymology Named for the French/Trinidadian naturalist, Louis Alexandre LeRoy (1820-1873).
Etymology Named for the French/Trinidadian naturalist, Louis Alexandre LeRoy (1820-1873). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scalaria leroyi Guppy, 1867 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1746823 on 2025-09-11
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Guppy, R. J. L. (1867). On the Tertiary fossils of the West-Indies, with especial reference to the classification of the Kainozoic rocks of Trinidad. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 1(3): 145-176., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54074979
page(s): 168-169 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1874). On the West Indian Tertiary fossils. <em>The Geological Magazine, new series, Decade 2.</em> 1(9):404-411, pls. 16-17; 1(10): 433-446 [Plate 18 was published in Vol. 1(10).]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32525721
page(s): 406, pl. 16, fig. 10, pl. 18, fig. 2 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1873). On some new Tertiary fossils from Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(2): 72-88, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078030
page(s): 75-76, pl. 1, fig. 10 [details]
page(s): 168-169 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1874). On the West Indian Tertiary fossils. <em>The Geological Magazine, new series, Decade 2.</em> 1(9):404-411, pls. 16-17; 1(10): 433-446 [Plate 18 was published in Vol. 1(10).]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32525721
page(s): 406, pl. 16, fig. 10, pl. 18, fig. 2 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1873). On some new Tertiary fossils from Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(2): 72-88, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078030
page(s): 75-76, pl. 1, fig. 10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
