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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Haminoeoidea: Haminoeidae

Atys obscuratus Dall, 1896


Range: 34°N ; 76°W
Depth: 26 to 29 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4  mm

Details


Atys obscuratus Dall, 1896b, p. 30
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Lower bed at Alum Bluff and Miocene marl of Bowden, Jamaica
Range: 34°N ; 76°W
Depth: 26 to 29 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina
References: Porter (1974) DdN
Comments: Described as a fossil.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1896. Diagnoses of new Tertiary fossils from the southern United States Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18(1035) 21-46.

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