Megalodon cucullatus J.de C.Sowerby, 1827

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Sowerby, J. de C. (1826). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Vol. VI. London, privately published, pp. 1-230 + index [231-235], pls 504-609. [pp. 1-86, pls 504-545 (1826); pp. 87-156, pls 546-580 (1827); pp. 157-200, pls 581-597 (1828); pp. 201-230, pls 598-609, index pp. 231-235 (1829); systematical index (1835)]. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=63676

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Bivalvia

order

Megalodontida

family

Megalodontidae

genus

Megalodon

species

Megalodon cucullatus

Name

Homonyms

Megalodon cucullatus J.de C.Sowerby, 1827

Bibliographic References

1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1829 Megalodontidae Konow, 1897 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): spelling emended to Megalodontesidae, so removing the homonymy with Megalodontidae Morris & Lycett, 1853 (Mollusca, Bivalvia).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53(1), 66-67 (1996)
2. Sowerby, J. De C. (1826-1835). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Vol. VI. London, privately published, pp. 1-230 + index [231-235], pls 504-609. [pp. 1-86, pls 504-545 (1826); pp. 87-156, pls 546-580 (1827); pp. 157-200, pls 581-597 (1828); pp. 201-230, pls 598-609, index pp. 231-235 (1829); systematical index (1835)].