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Maclurites Lesueur, 1818 †
1644506 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1644506)
accepted
Genus
Maclurites magna Lesueur, 1818 † accepted as Maclurites magnus Lesueur, 1818 † (type by subsequent designation)
Maclurea Emmons, 1842 † · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Straparollus (Maclurea) Emmons, 1842 † · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
- Species Maclurites acuminatus (Billings, 1865) †
- Species Maclurites magnus Lesueur, 1818 †
- Species Maclurites ulrichi (Kobayashi, 1933) †
- Species Maclurites basitawuensis X.-D. Qiao, 1981 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Maclurites bicarinata Lesueur, 1818 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Maclurites dongzhuangensis F. Guo, 1982 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Maclurites jiabosaerensis X.-D. Qiao, 1981 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Maclurites parvulus H.-Z. Pan, 1978 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Maclurites florentinensis Banks & J. H. Johnson, 1957 † accepted as Maclurites acuminatus (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Maclurites magna Lesueur, 1818 † accepted as Maclurites magnus Lesueur, 1818 † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Maclurites manitobensis Whiteaves, 1890 † accepted as Maclurina manitobensis (Ulrich & Scofield, 1897) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Maclurites thomsoni Webers, Pojeta & Yochelson, 1992 † accepted as Scaevogyra thomsoni (Webers, Pojeta & Yochelson, 1992) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
LeSueur C.A. (1818). Observations of a new genus of fossil shells. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(11): 310-313., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24680580
page(s): 312 [details]
page(s): 312 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Maclurites Lesueur, 1818 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1644506 on 2026-04-25
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original description
LeSueur C.A. (1818). Observations of a new genus of fossil shells. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(11): 310-313., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24680580
page(s): 312 [details]
original description (of Maclurea Emmons, 1842 †) Emmons, E. (1842). Geology of New-York. Part II. Comprising the survey of the second geological district. New York State Geological Survey, Albany, 429 pp., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=oW4_AAAAcAAJ
page(s): 276, 312 [details]
basis of record Yü W., Yochelson E.L. (1999). Some Late Cambrian molluscs from Liaoning Province, China. <em>Records of the Western Australia Museum.</em> 19: 379-389., available online at https://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/SOME%20LATE%20CAMBRIAN%20MOLLUSCS%20FROM%20LIAONING%20PROVINCE,%20CHINA.pdf [details]
page(s): 312 [details]
original description (of Maclurea Emmons, 1842 †) Emmons, E. (1842). Geology of New-York. Part II. Comprising the survey of the second geological district. New York State Geological Survey, Albany, 429 pp., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=oW4_AAAAcAAJ
page(s): 276, 312 [details]
basis of record Yü W., Yochelson E.L. (1999). Some Late Cambrian molluscs from Liaoning Province, China. <em>Records of the Western Australia Museum.</em> 19: 379-389., available online at https://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/SOME%20LATE%20CAMBRIAN%20MOLLUSCS%20FROM%20LIAONING%20PROVINCE,%20CHINA.pdf [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Original spelling Maclurite. Spelled Maclurites by Menke (1830, Synopsis methodica molluscorum, ed. 2: 53). Placed on the Official List, with the ruling that Maclurite is an incorrect original spelling and Maclurites (gender masculine) is the corrected one, by Opinion 1470 (1988, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 45(1): 64). [details]
