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Tessarolax louellae Squires, 2015 †
870455 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870455)
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fossil only
Saul, L. R. & Squires, R. L. (2015). Pacific slope of North America record of the Cretaceous aporrhaid gastropod <i>Tessarolax</i>: evolutionary trends, mode of life, and paleobiogeography of the genus. <em>Contributions in Science.</em> 523: 37–65, figs. 1-92.
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Type locality contained in British Columbia
, Note Phipp's Point, Hornby Island, Vancouver Island...
type locality contained in British Columbia [details]
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Type locality Phipp's Point, Hornby Island, Vancouver Island area [details]
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist, LouElla R. Saul (1927-2021).
Etymology Named for the American paleontologist, LouElla R. Saul (1927-2021). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tessarolax louellae Squires, 2015 †. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870455 on 2025-09-12
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Saul, L. R. & Squires, R. L. (2015). Pacific slope of North America record of the Cretaceous aporrhaid gastropod <i>Tessarolax</i>: evolutionary trends, mode of life, and paleobiogeography of the genus. <em>Contributions in Science.</em> 523: 37–65, figs. 1-92.
page(s): 54, figs 4, 61-70 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 41-42, pl. S92 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 54, figs 4, 61-70 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 41-42, pl. S92 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
