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Orthodesma mickleboroughi Whitfield, 1878 †
1761736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1761736)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Whitfield, R. P. (1878). Remarks on some lamellibranchiate shells of the Hudson River Group, with the descriptions of four new species. <em>The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History.</em> 1(3): 137-141, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7547754
page(s): 139-140, pl. 6, fig. 7; note: field [details]
page(s): 139-140, pl. 6, fig. 7; note: field [details]
Note at Cincinnati, near the top of the hills back...
Type locality at Cincinnati, near the top of the hills back of the city, about 360 feet above the low water mark of the Ohio river. [details]
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Whitfield, R. P. (1878). Remarks on some lamellibranchiate shells of the Hudson River Group, with the descriptions of four new species. <em>The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History.</em> 1(3): 137-141, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7547754
page(s): 139-140, pl. 6, fig. 7; note: field [details]
page(s): 139-140, pl. 6, fig. 7; note: field [details]
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Type locality at Cincinnati, near the top of the hills back of the city, about 360 feet above the low water mark of the Ohio river. [details]
