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Amastra frosti Ancey, 1892

Gastropoda : Cochlicopoidea : Amastridae
Current Name: Amastra (Paramastra) micans Pfeiffer, 1859
Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. 1995
Type Status: Possible Syntype
Collection: Melvill-Tomlin
Accession No.: NMW.1955.158.24121
Preparations: Dry
No. of Specimens: 1 sh
Locality: Popaeuwela, Waianae Mts, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Collecting Details: (ex.Coll.) C. M. F. Ancey; C. M. Cooke Jr; J. R. le B. Tomlin

References


Reference
Citation
Reference available
Ancey, C. M. F. 1892a. Étude sur la faune malacologique des lles Sandwich. Memoires de la Societe zoologique de France. 5, 5e Annee (5 et derniere): 708-722; pls 9-11. [719-722] Cited
Original Description
Type Designation
Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. 1995. Catalog of the Native Land and Freshwater Molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. Backhuys Publishers - Leiden. 1-248pp [108] Current Name
Wood, H. & Gallichan, J. 2008. The New Molluscan Names of César-Marie-Felix Ancey including illustrated type material from the National Museum of Wales. Studies in Biodiversity and Systematics of Terrestrial Organisms from the National Museum of Wales. Biotir Reports 3. i-vi, 1-162pp; 26 pls [46; pl. 4, fig.2, ii] Cited
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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Labels: Waianae Distr. [Tomlin]; Oahu, Waianae Mts, Popaeuwela [Cooke].
Ancey, 1892: Waianae, Oahu [Baldwin].
Point Locality: Popaeuwela,
Country: Hawaiian Islands, USA
Station:
Grid ref./Coordinates:
Region: Waianae Mts, Oahu,
Sea Region:
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Depth:
Expedition:
Ex. Collection: C. M. F. Ancey; C. M. Cooke Jr; J. R. le B. Tomlin
Collecting date:
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Classification

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda
Subclass: Pulmonata
- Cochlicopoidea Amastridae
Subfamily: Amastrinae

Remarks

Possible Syntypes:-
‘Cotype’ NMW.1955.158.24141 1 spec.
‘Cotypes’ BPBM.18820 2 spec.
‘Paratypes’ BPBM.18821 4 spec.

Type evidence:
The NMW lot has an Ancey label with only the genus and species on it. Tomlin has later written on the type locality and cotype. This specimen is smaller than the measurements given in the paper.

Record last modified - 27/06/2018