Maclurites - a genus-name
honoring William Maclure

The genus Maclurites was introduced in

Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, "Observations on a new genus of fossil shells," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1 (1818) 310-313.

The Fossil Company has kindly given permission to reproduce here an image of Maclurites magnus.


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