Marine Species Traits - Pseudoperissolax blakei (Conrad, 1855) †

Traits taxon details

Pseudoperissolax blakei (Conrad, 1855) †

AphiaID

864852 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:864852)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pseudoperissolax B. L. Clark, 1918 †

Original name

Busycon blakei Conrad, 1855 †

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of ) Conrad, T. A. (1855). Report of Mr. T. A. Conrad on the fossil shells collected In California by W. P. Blake, geologist of the expedition, under the command of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers,1853. In: Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California, under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, in 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of William P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology, pp. 5-21. Washington., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.19489
page(s): 11; note: genus with question mark [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudoperissolax blakei (Conrad, 1855) †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=864852 on 2026-07-11

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Pseudoperissolax blakei (Conrad, 1855) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=864852 on 2026-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2015-11-29 10:39:42Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of ) Conrad, T. A. (1855). Report of Mr. T. A. Conrad on the fossil shells collected In California by W. P. Blake, geologist of the expedition, under the command of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers,1853. In: Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California, under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, in 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of William P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology, pp. 5-21. Washington., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.19489
page(s): 11; note: genus with question mark [details]

basis of record Squires, R. L. (2015). Northeast Pacific record of the Paleogene genus <i>Pseudoperissolax</i> (Neogastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae) and its paleobiogeography. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 89(4): 576-588., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2015.41
page(s): 581-585, figs 3.12-3.16, 4.1-4.17 [details] Available for editors

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