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Type and Figured Fossil Collection

Specimen Details

Anchura ?antarctica (Cox)

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BAS specimen number
E.151.11A

NHM specimen number
G.69799

Type Status
Holotype

Higher Taxonomy
Kingdom Animalia 
Phylum Mollusca 
Class Gastropoda 
Family Strombidae 
Life Life 

Chronostratigraphy
Neocomian - Upper Aptian

Lithostratigraphy
No data available.

Locality
Fossil Bluff


Citations

  • Thomson, M.R.A. (1971)
    Gastropoda from the Lower Cretaceous sediments of south-eastern Alexander Island
    British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, No. 25, 45-58
    p. 52; fig. 3d
  • Cox, L.R. (1953)
    Lower Cretaceous Gastropoda, Lamellibranchia and Annelida from Alexander I Land (Falkland Islands Dependencies)
    Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Reports, No. 4, 14pp
    p. 6; Pl. II, fig. 9

Note
The data provided on this page is taken from the most recent publication citing this specimen. Taxonomic names and geological ages are largely subjective and may have been assigned differently in previous publications.