Marine Species Traits - Discus whitei (Wenz, 1919) †

Traits taxon details

Discus whitei (Wenz, 1919) †

AphiaID

1338554 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1338554)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Discus Fitzinger, 1833

Original name

Patula whitei Wenz, 1919 †

Synonymised names

Helix (Patula) sepulta C. A. White, 1880 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Helix sepulta...)

junior homonym of Helix sepulta Michelotti, 1840; Patula whitei is a replacement name

Patula whitei Wenz, 1919 † · unaccepted (Patula is a junior objective...)

Patula is a junior objective synonym of Discus

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Patula whitei Wenz, 1919 †) Wenz, W. (1919). Zur Nomenklatur tertiärer Land- und Süßwassergastropoden. I. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 51 (2), 68-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35544567
page(s): 74 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Discus whitei (Wenz, 1919) †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338554 on 2025-05-11

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Discus whitei (Wenz, 1919) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338554 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-04-03 07:16:03Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)
Attributes (4)

original description (of Patula whitei Wenz, 1919 †) Wenz, W. (1919). Zur Nomenklatur tertiärer Land- und Süßwassergastropoden. I. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 51 (2), 68-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35544567
page(s): 74 [details]

original description (of Helix (Patula) sepulta C. A. White, 1880 †) White, C.A. (1880). Description of new invertebrate fossils from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks of Arkansas, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 3: 157–162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14917257
page(s): 160 [details]

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