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Latirus formosior Melvill, 1891
Gastropoda : Muricoidea : FasciolariidaeCurrent Name: | Fusolatirus formosior (Melvill, 1891) [WoRMS: 488920] |
Type Status: | Holotype |
Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00340 |
Preparations: | Dry shells |
No. of Specimens: | 1 |
Locality: | No locality. |
Collecting Details: | 1891 |
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Melvill, J. C. 1891b. An historical account of the genus Latrius (Montfort) and its dependencies, with descriptions of eleven new species, and a catalogue of Latirus and Peristernia. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. Series 4, 4: 365-411; pl. 2. [394-395; pl. 2, fig. 16] | 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 [41] | Cited |
Detailed Locality
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Point Locality: | No locality. |
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Collecting date: | 1891 |
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Classification
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Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia |
Neogastropoda | Muricoidea | Fasciolariidae Subfamily: Peristerniinae |
Remarks
Melvill, 1891: “I fancied I had, at one time, seen another specimen in the National collection, but Mr. E. A. Smith assures me I must have been mistaken. The type is in my collection.”
Record last modified - 27/06/2018