Stromboidea

• Aporrhaidae
  • Anchura
    • Anchura pontana Stephenson, 1936

Anchura pontana Stephenson, 1936 Geol. Soc. America Bull. 47, 401, pl. 5, figs. 15, 16

Stratum typicum: Late Cretaceous (White et al., 1999)

Locus typicus: Loose boulder brought up in a fisherman's trawl, from a depth of 200 fathoms, eastern part of Banquereau bank, off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (White et al., 1999)

Types: holotype: YPM (Yale Peabody Museum) 14853, 4 paratypes YPM 14854, 2 plesiotypes USNM108671

Anchura pontana Stephenson, 1935; Late Cretaceous; eastern part of Banquereau bank, off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada; Holotype; Coll. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History IP 014853

Anchura pontana Stephenson, 1935; Late Cretaceous; eastern part of Banquereau bank, off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada; Paratype; Coll. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History YPM IP 014854

Anchura pontana Stephenson, 1935; Late Cretaceous; eastern part of Banquereau bank, off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada; Paratype; Coll. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History IP 014854

History and Synonymy

1954

Anchura pontana Stephenson, 1954, pl. 8, figs. 20, 21

1999

White et al., 1999, p. 4:

• "Late Cretaceous. Loose boulder brought up in a fisherman's trawl, from a depth of 200 fathoms, eastern part of Banquereau bank, off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Collector: Olson, L."

References

• Stephenson, L. W., 1936. Geology and paleontology of the Georges Bank canyons; pt. 2, Upper Cretaceous fossils from Georges Bank (including species from Banquereau, Nova Scotia): Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 47, p. 367-410, 5 pls.
• Stephenson, L.W. (1954). Additions to the Fauna of the Raritan Formation (Cenomanian) of New Jersey; Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-B, 26-41, pls. 6-8.
• White, R.D., Horstman, B.H. McFadden, K.E. & Skorina, L.K. 1999. A Type Catalog of Fossil Invertebrates (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Yale Peabody Museum; Postilla 218, 1-76, Fulltext