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Ptychoris Gabb, 1877 †
1831920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1831920)
accepted
Genus
Voluta purpuriformis Forbes, 1846 † accepted as Ptychoris purpuriformis (Forbes, 1846) † (type by original designation)
- Species Ptychoris purpuriformis (Forbes, 1846) †
- Species Ptychoris isidis Greco, 1916 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Gabb, W. M. (1877). Notes on American Cretaceous fossils, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 28: 276-324, 1 pl. ["1876", published 23 Jan 1877]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299027
page(s): 291 [details]
page(s): 291 [details]
Status Groves & Squires (2018) apparently considered the name unavailable and that Gabb had introduced it informally. However, the...
Status Groves & Squires (2018) apparently considered the name unavailable and that Gabb had introduced it informally. However, the name is available as Gabb affiliated two species with this name and, unlike stressed by Groves & Squires (2018), indeed discussed diagnostic characters. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ptychoris Gabb, 1877 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1831920 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Gabb, W. M. (1877). Notes on American Cretaceous fossils, with descriptions of some new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 28: 276-324, 1 pl. ["1876", published 23 Jan 1877]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299027
page(s): 291 [details]
basis of record Greco, B. (1916). Fauna cretacea dell'Egitto raccolta dal Figari Bey. Parte seconda: Pisces, Cephalopoda (addenda) e Gastropoda. <em>Palaeontographica Italica.</em> 22: 103-169, pls. 15-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33084143 [details]
additional source Bandel, K.; Dockery, D. T. (2016). Mollusca of the Coon Creek Formation in Tennessee and Mississippi with a systematic discussion of the Gastropoda. <em>Bulletin, Alabama Museum of Natural History.</em> 33: 34-96.
page(s): 77 [details]
additional source Kollmann, H. A. (2005). Révision critique de la Paléontologie française d'Alcide d'Orbigny. Volume III, Gastropodes crétacés. Backhuys, Leiden, 239 pp.
page(s): 152 [details] Available for editors
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status source Groves, L. T.; Squires, R. L. (2018). Annotated Catalog of the Fossil Invertebrates Described by, and Named for, William More Gabb (1839–1878). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4534(1): 1-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4534.1.1
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 291 [details]
basis of record Greco, B. (1916). Fauna cretacea dell'Egitto raccolta dal Figari Bey. Parte seconda: Pisces, Cephalopoda (addenda) e Gastropoda. <em>Palaeontographica Italica.</em> 22: 103-169, pls. 15-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33084143 [details]
additional source Bandel, K.; Dockery, D. T. (2016). Mollusca of the Coon Creek Formation in Tennessee and Mississippi with a systematic discussion of the Gastropoda. <em>Bulletin, Alabama Museum of Natural History.</em> 33: 34-96.
page(s): 77 [details]
additional source Kollmann, H. A. (2005). Révision critique de la Paléontologie française d'Alcide d'Orbigny. Volume III, Gastropodes crétacés. Backhuys, Leiden, 239 pp.
page(s): 152 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Groves, L. T.; Squires, R. L. (2018). Annotated Catalog of the Fossil Invertebrates Described by, and Named for, William More Gabb (1839–1878). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4534(1): 1-150., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4534.1.1
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Status Groves & Squires (2018) apparently considered the name unavailable and that Gabb had introduced it informally. However, the name is available as Gabb affiliated two species with this name and, unlike stressed by Groves & Squires (2018), indeed discussed diagnostic characters. [details]
