Marine Species Traits - Menetus tropis (F. E. Edwards, 1852) †

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Menetus tropis (F. E. Edwards, 1852) †

AphiaID

1260158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1260158)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Menetus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855

Original name

Planorbis tropis F. E. Edwards, 1852 †

Synonymised names

Planorbis tropis F. E. Edwards, 1852 † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Planorbis tropis F. E. Edwards, 1852 †) Edwards, F. E. (1852). A monograph of the Eocene Mollusca, or descriptions of shells from the Older Tertiaries of England. Part II. Pulmonata. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 6 (18): 57-122, pl. 10-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12894018
page(s): 106, pl. 15, figs 10a-d [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Great Britain

type locality contained in Great Britain [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Menetus tropis (F. E. Edwards, 1852) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1260158 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-25 15:24:31Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2018-07-09 20:58:41Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description (of Planorbis tropis F. E. Edwards, 1852 †) Edwards, F. E. (1852). A monograph of the Eocene Mollusca, or descriptions of shells from the Older Tertiaries of England. Part II. Pulmonata. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 6 (18): 57-122, pl. 10-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12894018
page(s): 106, pl. 15, figs 10a-d [details]

basis of record Pacaud, J.-M. (2008). Le contenu paléontologique du Lutétien du bassin de Paris. Mollusca. In: Merle, D. (Ed.) Stratotype Lutétien. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Biotyope, BRGM, Paris, Mèze, Orléans, pp. 40-95.
page(s): 76 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana. 3: 65-132.
page(s): 129 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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