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Discolites Emmons, 1855 †
1874162 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1874162)
unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: junior homonym of Discolites Montfort, 1808 [Foraminifera])
Genus
- Species Discolites minutus Emmons, 1855 † accepted as Sinuites minutus (Emmons, 1855) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
neuter
Emmons E. (1855). American geology, containing a statement of the principles of the science with full illustrations of characteristic American fossils. <em>Albany, New York State Geological Survey.</em> 1(2).
page(s): 234 [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
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Emmons E. (1855). American geology, containing a statement of the principles of the science with full illustrations of characteristic American fossils. <em>Albany, New York State Geological Survey.</em> 1(2).
page(s): 234 [details]
source of synonymy Knight J.B., Cox L.R., Keen A.M., Batten R.L., Yochelson E.L. & Robertson R. (1960). Systematic descriptions [Archaeogastropoda], In R.C. Moore (ed.), <i>Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology</i>. Part I. Mollusca 1. Geological Society of America and Kansas University Press: I169-I310. , available online at https://doi.org/10.17161/dt.v0i0.5585
page(s): 177 [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
source of synonymy Knight J.B., Cox L.R., Keen A.M., Batten R.L., Yochelson E.L. & Robertson R. (1960). Systematic descriptions [Archaeogastropoda], In R.C. Moore (ed.), <i>Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology</i>. Part I. Mollusca 1. Geological Society of America and Kansas University Press: I169-I310. , available online at https://doi.org/10.17161/dt.v0i0.5585
page(s): 177 [details]