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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Janthinidae

Recluzia palmeri (Dall, 1871)


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Limnaea palmeri Dall, 1871b, p. 135-136, [Dall 1925, pl. 17, fig. 8]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Taqui River, near Guaymas, Mexico, emptying into the Gulf of California
Comments: Keen (1971: 903) considered R. palmeri to be the valid name for the Eastern Pacific Recluzia, whereas Rehder synonymized it with R. lutea.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1871. Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks from the west coast of North America and the north Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described American Journal of Conchology 7 93-160, pls. 13-16. [Stated date: 02 Nov 1871.]

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