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Monilispira bigemma

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ60183556 ↗
Source-derived summary

Monilispira bigemma is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

Fossils were found in Pliocene strata in Florida, United States.

References

Dall, William Healey. Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida: With Special Reference to the Miocene Silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene Beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Vol. 3. 1890.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Monilispira bigemma” as species of mollusc. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1890—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Monilispira, bigemma and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of mollusc. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q60183556. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1890.

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This entry incorporates text from “Monilispira bigemma” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.