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Modiolus (Amygdalum) wemmelensis (E. Vincent, 1899)

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IRSNB 00016; Bartonian (Wemmel Sands), Eocene; Wemmel, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
IRSNB 00016

IG: 3235      Reg.: -

Age: Bartonian (Wemmel Sands), Eocene
Locality: Wemmel, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

Description: Holotype

Publication: 

Glibert, M. (1936) Faune Malacologique des Sables de Wemmel - I. Pélécypodes. Mémoires du Musée Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 78 : p. 39

Pl. I, fig. 10

Vincent, E. (1930) Les Mytilidées des Sables de Wemmel (Eocène supérieur). Bulletins du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 6 (17) : p. 1

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Vincent, E. (1899) Description de deux espèces nouvelles de Mollusques provenant du Tongrien Supérieur - Rectifications de Nomenclature. Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique, 34 : p. 129

Non Figured

Synonyms: The specimen is mentioned as Modiola (Amygdalum) wemmelensis in E. Vincent (1930), as Modiola wemmelensis in E. Vincent (1899) (previously described as Modiola nitens G. Vincent, 1872), and as Modiolus wemmelensis in the RBINS catalog

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