Marine Species Traits - Boggsia Olsson, 1929 †

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Boggsia Olsson, 1929 †

AphiaID

1887412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1887412)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pseudomelaniidae R. Hoernes, 1884 †

Original name

Boggsia Olsson, 1929 †

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Species Boggsia tenuis (Gabb, 1864) †
Species Boggsia anceps (H. Woods, 1922) † (uncertain > unassessed, Based on an unreplaced junior homonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Olsson, A. A. (1929). Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: part 2, Upper Eocene Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology. Volume 15, No. 57, pp. 1(67)-51(117), 8 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30419208
page(s): 12 [78] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Boggsia Olsson, 1929 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1887412 on 2026-10-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Boggsia Olsson, 1929 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1887412 on 2026-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2026-04-30 10:45:34Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description Olsson, A. A. (1929). Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: part 2, Upper Eocene Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology. Volume 15, No. 57, pp. 1(67)-51(117), 8 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30419208
page(s): 12 [78] [details]

additional source Squires, R.L.; Saul, L.R. (1997). Late Cretaceous Occurrences on the Pacific Slope of North America of the Melanopsid Gastropod Genus Boggsia Olsson, 1929. The Veliger. 40(3): 193-202. [details] Available for editors

additional source Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O. H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin, xii + 1639 pp. Lief. 1, pp. 1-240 [March 1938]; 3, pp. 241-480 [October 1938]; 4, pp. 481-720 [July 1939]; 6, pp. 721-960 [August 1940]; 7, pp. 961-1200 [October 1941]; 8, pp. 1201-1506 [October 1943]; 9, pp. 1507-1639, i-xii [August 1944].
page(s): 374 [details] Available for editors

status source Neubauer, T.A. (2016). A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Melanopsidae (Gastropoda, Cerithioidea). ZooKeys. 602: 1-358., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.602.8136
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors

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