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Amussium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873) †
715108 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:715108)
unaccepted
Species
Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Amusium Röding, 1798
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(of Pleuronectia papyracea Gabb, 1873 †) Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 257 [details]
page(s): 257 [details]
Fossil range Waller (1991) considered Amusium papyraceum a true Amusium restricted to the Miocene of the Dominican Republic. He said...
Fossil range Waller (1991) considered Amusium papyraceum a true Amusium restricted to the Miocene of the Dominican Republic. He said that two different Recent species
of Euvola have been misidentified as A. papyraceum. [details]
of Euvola have been misidentified as A. papyraceum. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amussium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=715108 on 2025-09-11
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(of Pleuronectia papyracea Gabb, 1873 †) Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series.</em> 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 257 [details]
page(s): 257 [details]
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Fossil range Waller (1991) considered Amusium papyraceum a true Amusium restricted to the Miocene of the Dominican Republic. He said that two different Recent speciesof Euvola have been misidentified as A. papyraceum. [details]
