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Pensarnia laeviformis J. C. W. Cope, 1996 †
1786195 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1786195)
accepted
Species
Nucula laevis J. De C. Sowerby, 1839 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Nucula laevis...)
junior homonym of Nucula laevis Say, 1824; Pensarnia laeviformis is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cope, J. C. W. (1996). Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog inlier, South Wales. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 39(4): 979-1025, pls 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49761396
page(s): 984-985, pl. 1, figs 1-10 [details]
page(s): 984-985, pl. 1, figs 1-10 [details]
Type locality contained in Wales
type locality contained in Wales [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pensarnia laeviformis J. C. W. Cope, 1996 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1786195 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Cope, J. C. W. (1996). Early Ordovician (Arenig) bivalves from the Llangynog inlier, South Wales. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 39(4): 979-1025, pls 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49761396
page(s): 984-985, pl. 1, figs 1-10 [details]
original description (of Nucula laevis J. De C. Sowerby, 1839 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1839). Organic remains. In: Murchison, R. I. (Ed.) The Silurian System, Founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermrthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford. Part II. John Murray, London, pp. 579-765., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847367
page(s): 635, pl. 22, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 984-985, pl. 1, figs 1-10 [details]
original description (of Nucula laevis J. De C. Sowerby, 1839 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1839). Organic remains. In: Murchison, R. I. (Ed.) The Silurian System, Founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermrthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford. Part II. John Murray, London, pp. 579-765., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847367
page(s): 635, pl. 22, fig. 1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
