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Melongena crassicornuta Conrad, 1847 †
1750087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1750087)
accepted
Species
Melongena (Myristica) crassicornuta Conrad, 1847 † · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Conrad, T. A. (1847). Observations on the Eocene formation and description of one hundred and five new fossils of that period from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(11): 280-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659549
page(s): 286 [details]
page(s): 286 [details]
Type locality contained in Mississippi
, Note Vicinity of Vicksburg
type locality contained in Mississippi (origin: native) [details]
Type locality Vicinity of Vicksburg [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melongena crassicornuta Conrad, 1847 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1750087 on 2025-09-11
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Conrad, T. A. (1847). Observations on the Eocene formation and description of one hundred and five new fossils of that period from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(11): 280-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1659549
page(s): 286 [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1848). Observations on the Eocene formation, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils of that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, ser. 2.</em> 1(2): 111-134, pls 11-14 (August 1848)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780201
page(s): 116-117, pl. 11, fig. 31 [details]
additional source Vermeij, G. J., Raven, H. (2009). Southeast Asia as the birthplace of unusual traits: the Melongenidae (Gastropoda) of northwest Borneo. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 78 (3) 113-127.
page(s): 115 [details]
page(s): 286 [details]
additional source Conrad, T. A. (1848). Observations on the Eocene formation, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils of that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an Appendix. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, ser. 2.</em> 1(2): 111-134, pls 11-14 (August 1848)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35780201
page(s): 116-117, pl. 11, fig. 31 [details]
additional source Vermeij, G. J., Raven, H. (2009). Southeast Asia as the birthplace of unusual traits: the Melongenidae (Gastropoda) of northwest Borneo. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 78 (3) 113-127.
page(s): 115 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Vicinity of Vicksburg [details]
