Fossil specimen : SM J 1966 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order Littorinoidea |
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| Fossil Name | Littorina prin var. punctata |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Littorina prin var. punctata Natica calypso var. tenuis Hudleston: Holotype |
| Registration No. | J 1966 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Leckenby, John (1814-1877) |
| Held By |
 Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Locality | Cayton Bay, Yorkshire, England |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Lower Calcareous Grit |
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| Biozone | 7 |
| Geological Age |
Oxfordian Age (Jurassic Period) (157.3 – 163.5 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Hudleston 1882. Geological Magazine n.s. dec.2, vol. ix (1): p.202 pl. v fig.13 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 (2): p.108 |
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