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Mitra milium Reeve, 1845 [Neotype] / Mitra (Vulpecula) illecebra Melvill, 1927 [Holotype]
Gastropoda : Muricoidea : CostellariidaeCurrent Name: | Thala milium (Reeve, 1845) Rosenberg, G. & Salisbury, R. 2007 |
Type Status: | Holotype & Neotype |
Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00597 |
Preparations: | Dry shells |
No. of Specimens: | 1 |
Locality: | Straits of Korea, N.W. Pacific, 40 fms, HMS Sylvia |
Collecting Details: | HMS Sylvia, 1875, Captain St. John, (ex.Coll.) J. T. Marshall; J. R. le B. Tomlin |
References
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Citation |
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Reeve, L. A. 1845a. Monograph of the genus Mitra. 2. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London. Species 221-334pp; pls 28-39 [species 257; pl. 32, fig. 257] | Cited Figured Original Description |
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Melvill, J. C. 1927. Descriptions of eight new species of the family Turridae and of a new species of Mitra. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 17(4): 149-155; pl. 12. [155; pl. 12, fig. 9] | Cited Figured Original Description Type Designation |
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Trew, A. 1987. James Cosmo Melvill's New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-84pp [46] | Cited | |
Turner, H. 1989. Uncommon and New Mitriform Gastropods from the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape. CH-8903 Birmensdorf. 1-35pp; pls.1-8 [pl. 8, fig. 23] | Figured | ![]() request |
Rosenberg, G. & Salisbury, R. 2007. New species of Thala (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from Hawaii, with comments on other Indo Pacific species. Vita Malacologica. 5: 53-62; pl. 1-2. [pl. 2, fig. 12a-c] | Figured Type Designation Current Name |
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Rosenberg, G.; Salisbury, R. A. 2014. Seven new species of Thala (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163 (1): 179-223; 1-118. [92-93] | Figured |
Detailed Locality
Verbatim Locality |
Melvill, 1927: Straits of Korea, at 40 fathoms, obtained during the cruise of H.M.S. Sylvia in 1875, under command of Captain St John. |
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Country: | Straits of Korea |
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Sea Region: | N.W. Pacific. |
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Depth: | 40 fms |
Expedition: | HMS Sylvia |
Ex. Collection: | J. T. Marshall; J. R. le B. Tomlin |
Collecting date: | 1875 |
Collected by: | Captain St. John |
Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
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Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia |
Neogastropoda | Muricoidea | Costellariidae |
Remarks
Melvill, 1927: “The specimen was presented to Mr Tomlin by the late Mr. J. T. Marshall, and is unique and most interesting...”
The holotype of Mitra (Turricula) illecebra Melvill 1927 is designated as the neotype of Mitra milium Reeve, 1845 in Rosenberg, G. & Salisbury, R., 2007.
Record last modified - 03/04/2023