The Curious Case of the nomen dubium Turbo Insectus
2021-09-22
Timothy Conrad’s description of the Paleozoic gastropod Turbo insectus in 1835 was an open-and-shut case. He described and figured a new species of the genus Turbo in a single historical sentence. It was the first report of Pennsylvanian-age North American marine fossils. Unfortunately, this was also the final report ofRead More →
