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Conus multilineatus Sowerby 3rd, 1875 / Conus polygrammus Tomlin, 1937

Gastropoda : Conoidea : Conidae
Current Name: Conus furvus Reeve, 1843
[WoRMS: 428130]
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: Melvill-Tomlin
Accession No.: NMW.1955.158.00026
Preparations: Dry shells
No. of Specimens: 1 sh
Locality: No locality.
Collecting Details: (ex.Coll.) Dr. Prevost

References


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Citation
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Sowerby, G. B. (3rd). 1875b. Descriptions of ten new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1875(2): 125-129; pl. 24. [126; pl. 24, fig. 5] Cited
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Tomlin, J. R. le B. 1937. Catalogue of recent and fossil Cones. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 22(4-6): 205-330 (addendum p. 330; addenda & errata p. 333); . [206, 279, 293] Cited
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Trew, A. 1990. John R. le B. Tomlin’s New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-101pp [51] Cited
Röckel, D., Korn, W., & Kohn, A. J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae Vol. 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Verlag Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, Germany. 517pp; 84 pls [119; pl. 19, fig. 24] Cited
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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Label: No locality given.
Sowerby, 1875: No locality given.
Point Locality: No locality.
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Ex. Collection: Dr. Prevost
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Classification

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Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Neogastropoda Conoidea Conidae

Remarks

Sowerby 3rd, 1875:
“Specimen unique in the collection of Dr. Prevost.”

Originally named
Conus multilineatus Sowerby (3rd), 1875. Renamed Conus polygrammus by Tomlin in 1937 as it was preoccupied by C. multilineatus Pechioli, 1864. This specimen is therefore the holotype for both names.

Record last modified - 27/06/2018