Marine Species Traits - Archinacella instabilis (Billings, 1865) †

Traits taxon details

Archinacella instabilis (Billings, 1865) †

AphiaID

1673355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1673355)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Archinacella Ulrich & Scofield, 1897 †

Original name

Metoptoma instabilis Billings, 1865 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of ) Billings, E. (1861-1865). Palaeozoic fossils. Volume I. Containing descriptions and figures of new or little known species of organic remains from Silurian rocks. 1: 1-426. Geological Survey of Canada (publication dates according to preface: 1-24 [Nov 1861], 25-56 [Jan 1862], 57-168 [Jun 1862], 169-344 [Feb 1865], 345-436 [Oct 1865])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13779194
page(s): 251, fig. 236 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Archinacella instabilis (Billings, 1865) †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1673355 on 2025-05-26

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Archinacella instabilis (Billings, 1865) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1673355 on 2025-05-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-08-15 08:54:35Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

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Sources (2)
Attributes (3)

original description (of ) Billings, E. (1861-1865). Palaeozoic fossils. Volume I. Containing descriptions and figures of new or little known species of organic remains from Silurian rocks. 1: 1-426. Geological Survey of Canada (publication dates according to preface: 1-24 [Nov 1861], 25-56 [Jan 1862], 57-168 [Jun 1862], 169-344 [Feb 1865], 345-436 [Oct 1865])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13779194
page(s): 251, fig. 236 [details]

status source Rohr, D. M.; Boyce, W. D.; Measures, E. A. (2008). THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN MOLLUSC ARCHINACELLA FROM THE TABLE POINT FORMATION (TABLE HEAD GROUP), WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND. <em>Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey.</em> Report 08-1, pp. 93-99.
page(s): 95, pl. 1, plate figures 1-17; Pl. 2, plate figures 1-5 [details] Available for editors

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