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Type and Figured Fossil Collection

Specimen Details

Aporrhais (Tessarolax) antarctica Cox, 1953

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BAS specimen number
E.151.11B

NHM specimen number
G.69800

Type Status
Paratype

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

Chronostratigraphy
Aptian

Lithostratigraphy
No data available.

Locality
Fossil Bluff

Citations

  • 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. 10

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.