WoRMS taxon details
Amusium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873) †
766475 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766475)
accepted
Species
Amussium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873) † · unaccepted
Pleuronectia papyracea Gabb, 1873 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
fossil only
(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]
Type locality contained in Dominican Republic
type locality contained in Dominican Republic (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Amusium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766475 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(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]
basis of record Waller, T.R 1991. Evolutionary relationships among commercial scallops. pp. 1-73, 11 figs., 8 pls., 1 table. (in) S.E. Shumway (editor), Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture. Elsevier, Amsterdam. [details]
page(s): 257 [details]
basis of record Waller, T.R 1991. Evolutionary relationships among commercial scallops. pp. 1-73, 11 figs., 8 pls., 1 table. (in) S.E. Shumway (editor), Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture. Elsevier, Amsterdam. [details]
Other
additional source
Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 241-242 [details]
additional 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): 46 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 241-242 [details]
additional 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): 46 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Amusium papyraceum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amusium papyraceum)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amusium papyraceum)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To ITIS
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