MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Metcalf, A. L. & Fullington, R. W. (1978). A new fossil <i>Ashmunella</i> (Pulmonata: Polygyridae) from the Sierra Diablo and Hueco mountains, Texas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 92(2): 88-91, figs. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274026 page(s): 88-90, figs 1-4 [details]
basis of record
InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project. [details]
additional source
Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. <em>Malacologia.</em> 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494 page(s): 88 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the American naturalist, Ray Watley of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. [details]
Type locality Culberson County, Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Upper end of main, south branch of Victoria Canyon on west wall of canyon, ca. 300 m east of Hudspeth-Culberson counties boundary along a trail leading northward from Area headquarters buildings and 2.09 km north of these, 1660 m elevation. [details]
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