WoRMS taxon details

Petaloconchus merkana Ladd, 1972

732736  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:732736)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) merkana Ladd, 1972) Ladd, H.S. (1972) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). <I>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper</I>, 532: i–iv, 1–79, pls. 1–20.
page(s): 20 [details]   
Type locality contained in Palau  
type locality contained in Palau [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Fossil range Based on original material ranging from Miocene to Holocene.   
Fossil range Based on original material ranging from Miocene to Holocene.  [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Petaloconchus merkana Ladd, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732736 on 2024-04-19
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2023-01-02 01:08:59Z
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original description  (of Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) merkana Ladd, 1972) Ladd, H.S. (1972) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). <I>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper</I>, 532: i–iv, 1–79, pls. 1–20.
page(s): 20 [details]   

additional source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 46 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Fossil range Based on original material ranging from Miocene to Holocene.  [details]