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Megatebennus africanus Tomlin, 1926

Gastropoda : Fissurelloidea : Fissurellidae
Current Name: Cosmetalepas africana (Tomlin, 1926)
[WoRMS: 599731]
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: Melvill-Tomlin
Accession No.: NMW.1955.158.00073
Preparations: Dry shells
No. of Specimens: 1
Locality: Port Alfred, Republic of South Africa, Cape Transition (S. Afr.).
Collecting Details: (ex.Coll.) Turton; J. R. le B. Tomlin

References


Reference
Citation
Reference available
Tomlin, J. R. le B. 1926. On South African marine mollusca, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Natal Museum. 5(3): 283-301; pl. 16. [296-297; pl. 16, fig. 10] Cited
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Original Description
Type Designation

request
Trew, A. 1990. John R. le B. Tomlin’s New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-101pp [45] Cited

Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Port Alfred.
Point Locality: Port Alfred,
Country: Republic of South Africa
Station:
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Region:
Sea Region: Cape Transition (S. Afr.).
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Expedition:
Ex. Collection: Turton; J. R. le B. Tomlin
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Classification

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Archaeogastropoda Fissurelloidea Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae

Remarks

Tomlin, 1926: “Type in coll. Tomlin”

Record last modified - 27/06/2018