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Fossarus elegans A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882

Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882, original figure
Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882, original figure

159769  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159769)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Planaxidae (Family)
  9. Fossarinae (Subfamily)
  10. Fossarus (Genus)
  11. Fossarus elegans (Species)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (not reported in recent literature, probably a vetigastropod in genus Haplocochlias)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1882). Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5(2): 447-587, pls 42-44, 57-58 [May-July]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718507
page(s): 522, pl. 57 fig. 28 [details] 
Distribution Massachusetts to Florida   
Distribution Massachusetts to Florida  [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fossarus elegans A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159769 on 2025-01-25
Date
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2005-05-30 12:28:25Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2014-11-17 21:11:52Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2021-12-15 18:17:43Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt
2024-07-19 20:09:05Z
changed
Gofas, Serge

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1882). Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5(2): 447-587, pls 42-44, 57-58 [May-July]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35718507
page(s): 522, pl. 57 fig. 28 [details] 

basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Massachusetts to Florida  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882, original figure
Fossarus elegans Verrill & Smith, 1882, original figure