MolluscaBase taxon details
Gyroscala lycocephala (Kensley & Pether, 1986) †
1748228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1748228)
accepted
Species
Epitonium (Gyroscala) lycocephalum Kensley & Pether, 1986 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Epitonium (Gyroscala) lycocephalum Kensley & Pether, 1986 †) Kensley, B. F.; Pether, J. (1986). Late Tertiary and early Quaternary fossil Mollusca of the Hondeklip Bay area. <em>Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 97: 141-225., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40688192
page(s): 169 [details]
page(s): 169 [details]
Type locality contained in South Africa (country)
type locality contained in South Africa (country) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Gyroscala lycocephala (Kensley & Pether, 1986) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1748228 on 2025-09-10
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(of Epitonium (Gyroscala) lycocephalum Kensley & Pether, 1986 †) Kensley, B. F.; Pether, J. (1986). Late Tertiary and early Quaternary fossil Mollusca of the Hondeklip Bay area. <em>Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 97: 141-225., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40688192
page(s): 169 [details]
page(s): 169 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment new comb. herein based on the accepted status of Gyroscala [details]
