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Cryptodon eutornus Tomlin, 1921

Bivalvia : Lucinoidea : Lucinidae
Current Name: Anodontia (Afrophysema) eutornus (Tomlin, 1921)
[WoRMS: 464075]
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: Melvill-Tomlin
Accession No.: NMW.1955.158.01013
Preparations: Dry shells
No. of Specimens: 1 sh
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. 1921b. Six new marine shells from South Africa. Journal of Conchology. 16(7): 215-217; pl. 8, figs 1-6. [215; pl. 8, fig. 5] Cited
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Kilburn, R. & Rippey, E. 1982. Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Johannesburg. i-xi, 1-249pp; pls 1-46 [173] Cited
Trew, A. 1990. John R. le B. Tomlin’s New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-101pp [47] Cited
Taylor, J. D. & Glover, E. A. 2005. Cryptic diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves: a systematic revision of worldwide Anodontia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 3(3): 281-338; Figs 1-50. [307-308; figs 24a-b] Cited
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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Label: Pt. Alfred.
Tomlin, 1921: Port Alfred (Turton); Swartkop River (Holub,
fide Bartsch); Durban (McClelland).
Point Locality: Port Alfred,
Country: Republic of South Africa
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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 Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Veneroida Lucinoidea Lucinidae
Subfamily: Milthinae

Remarks

Tomlin, 1921:
“Type in coll. Tomlin.”

Record last modified - 27/06/2018