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Cypraea rashleighana Melvill, 1888
Gastropoda : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae| Current Name: | Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) [WoRMS: 597576] |
| Type Status: | Holotype |
| Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
| Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00055 |
| Preparations: | Dry |
| No. of Specimens: | 1 |
| Locality: | No locality. |
| Collecting Details: | (ex.Coll.) J. C. Melvill |
References
Reference |
Citation |
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| Melvill, J. C. 1888c. Description of a new species of Cypraea. Journal of Conchology. 5(9): 288-289; pl. 2, fig. 26. [288-289; pl. 2, fig. 26] | Figured Original Description Type Designation |
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| Badcock, E. C. 1981. Hawaii's Cypraea rashleighana Melvill and the collector for whom it was named. Hawaiian Shell News. 29(6): 3; text figs. [3; text fig.] | Cited Figured |
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| Trew, A. 1987. James Cosmo Melvill's New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-84pp [60] | Cited |
Detailed Locality
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| Point Locality: | No locality. |
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| Ex. Collection: | J. C. Melvill |
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Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
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| Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia |
Mesogastropoda | Cypraeoidea | Cypraeidae |
Remarks
Melvill, 1888: 289:
“The type of this species, at present unique, is in my collection”.
Record last modified - 27/06/2018