Callochiton sulci Ashby, 1939

Darragh, Thomas A., 2024, A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 83, pp. 37-206 : 193

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14703243
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scientific name	Callochiton sulci Ashby, 1939
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Callochiton sulci Ashby, 1939 View in CoL

(Type species of Ocellochiton Ashby, 1939 OD)

Callochiton (Ocellochiton) sulci Ashby, 1939: 187 View in CoL , pl. 3, figs 1–3.— Cotton and Godfrey, 1940: 573, Fig. 586; Cotton and Weeding, 1941: 446; Cotton, 1964: 127, Fig. 136.

Lorica oculea Ashby and Cotton, 1939 View in CoL ; 237, pl. 21, fig. 48.

Lorica varena Ashby and Cotton, 1939: 238 View in CoL , pl. 21, fig. 49.

Distribution. Otway Basin: Muddy Creek Formation. Port Phillip Basin: Gellibrand Formation (type). Age : middle Miocene.

Remarks. Cotton and Weeding (1941) stated that L. oculea Ashby and Cotton and L. varena Ashby and Cotton were worn median valves of this species and thus synonyms of this species. Gowlett-Holmes and McHenry (1988b: 9) accepted this synonymy.