Fossil specimen : SM C 69515 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order Mytilida |
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| Fossil Name | Modiola consobrina Wood S.V. |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Modiola consobrina Wood S.V. Modiola consobrina Wood S.V.: Holotype Mytilus Linné, 1758 Modiola |
| Registration No. | C 69515 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Fisher, Osmond, P. (1817-1914) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Alum Bay, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Bracklesham Series (Bed 4) |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Eocene Epoch (Palaeogene Period) (33.9 – 56 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Fisher 1862. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xviii (or xvii ?) (1): p.85 Fisher 1862. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London vol. xviii (or xvii ?) (1): p.85 Wood, S.V. 1864 for 1862. A monograph of the Eocene bivalves of England Palaeontographical Society Monographs (2): p.76 pl. xix fig. 17 Woods, H. 1891. Catalogue of the Type Fossils in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. Henry Woods with preface by T. McKenny Hughes CUP. 180+xiv SPL: II. 16 (3): p.81 |
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