Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes, 1845)

Cunha, Carlo M. & Salvador, Rodrigo B., 2018, Type specimens of fossil " Architectibranchia " and Cephalaspidea (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Zoosystematics and Evolution 94 (2), pp. 505-527 : 505

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.27401
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scientific name	Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes, 1845)
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Treatment

Bulla mortoni Forbes, 1845: 63, fig. A.

Type locality.

New Jersey, USA; stratum: uncertain [likely Navesink Formation]; age: Cretaceous.

Type material.

Holotype not found; could be in Charles Lyell’s fossil collections (John Sime, pers. comm.), presently in the Natural History Museum (London, UK) and Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Oxford, UK).

Current taxonomic status.

Ellipsoscapha mortoni (Forbes, 1845) ( Richards and Ramsdell 1962, Sohl 1964).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
SubClass	Heterobranchia
SuperOrder	Heterobranchia
Order	Cephalaspidea
SuperFamily	Philinoidea
Family	Scaphandridae
Genus	Ellipsoscapha

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