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Fossarus eutorniscus Melvill, 1918
Gastropoda : Cerithioidea| Type Status: | Syntype |
| Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
| Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00256 |
| Preparations: | Dry |
| No. of Specimens: | 2 sh |
| Locality: | Karachi, Pakistan, Arabian Sea. |
| Collecting Details: | F. W. Townsend, (ex.Coll.) J. C. Melvill |
References
Reference |
Citation |
Reference available |
|---|---|---|
| Melvill, J. C. 1918. Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9(1): 137-158; pls 4-5. [148; pl. 5, fig. 21] | Cited 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 [40] | Cited |
Detailed Locality
| Verbatim Locality |
| Label: Karachi. Melvill, 1918: Karachi. |
| Point Locality: | Karachi, |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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| Sea Region: | Arabian Sea. |
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| Ex. Collection: | J. C. Melvill |
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| Collected by: | F. W. Townsend |
Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia |
- | Cerithioidea | - |
Remarks
Melvill (1918) states: “we have only seen five or six examples, varying very slightly in size.”
Type evidence: Melvill (1918) did not indicate a unique type in his original description. The NMW lot has a Melvill label with ‘cotype’ written on the box bottom. The figured specimen resides at NHM with another syntype. Based on the fact that Melvill (1918) stated he saw five or six examples, there may be one or two syntypes still to be located in another institution.
Other syntypes:
BM(NH) 1921.1.28.23-24 - figured syntype & syntype.
Record last modified - 27/06/2018