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This lists all the original descriptions of the taxa represented by the type specimens on this website. Where the same specimens have subsequently been figured or cited we have endeavoured to list these publications too.

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Melvill, J. C., 1888c
Description of a new species of Cypraea. Journal of Conchology. 5(9): 288-289
Species cited
•• Cypraea rashleighana Melvill, 1888
Melvill, J. C., 1888d
Notes on Mitra (Costellaria) rugosa (Swainson). Journal of Conchology. 5(11): 332-335
Melvill, J. C., 1888f
A survey of the genus Cypraea (Linn.), its nomenclature, geographical distribution, and distinctive affinities; with descriptions of two new species, and several varieties. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. Series 4, 1: 184-252
Melvill, J. C., 1889
Descriptions of three new species of shells. Journal of Conchology. 6(1): 31-33
Species cited
•• Eulima epeterion Melvill, 1889
Melvill, J. C., 1891a
Descriptions of eleven new species belonging to the genera Columbarium, Pisania, Minolia, Liotia and Solarium. Journal of Conchology. 6(12): 405-411
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
Melvill, J. C., 1891c
Description of a new species of Latirus. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. Series 4, 5: 92-93
Species cited
•• Latirus praestantior Melvill, 1891
Melvill, J. C., 1893a
Description of a new species of Mitra. The Conchologist. 2(6): 140-141
Species cited
•  Mitra idae Melvill, 1893
Melvill, J. C., 1893b
Descriptions of twenty five new species of marine shells from Bombay. Collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. Series 4, 7: 52-67
Melvill, J. C., 1895
Descriptions of new species of Pleurotoma, Mitra and Latirus. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1(5): 221-223
Melvill, J. C., 1899b
Description of a new species of Mitra (M. baldwinii) from the Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Malacology. 7(3): 67-68
Melvill, J. C., 1900
A revision of the textile cones, with description of C. cholmondeleyi n.sp. Journal of Conchology. 9(10): 303-311
Melvill, J. C., 1903
The genera Pseudoliva and Macron. Journal of Conchology. 10(10-11): 320-330
Melvill, J. C., 1905
Four colour varieties of Cypraea. Journal of Conchology. 11(6): 192
Melvill, J. C., 1911
An enumeration of the additions made to the genus Latirus Montfort since 1891, with descriptions of of three new species. Journal of Conchology. 13(6): 164-178
Melvill, J. C., 1916
Notes on the genus Harpa. Journal of Conchology. 15(1-2): 25-40
Melvill, J. C., 1917
Note on Conus melvilli Sowerby. Journal of Conchology. 15: 222
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
Melvill, J. C., 1919a
Description of Bathytoma regnans n.sp., from the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(3): 68
Species cited
•• Bathytoma regnans Melvill, 1919
Melvill, J. C., 1919b
Description of Morum praeclarum, sp.nov., with remarks on the recent species of the genus. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(3): 69-72
Melvill, J. C., 1925
Descriptions of nine new species of Mitridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 16(5): 215-219
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
Melvill, J. C. & Abercrombie, A., 1893
The marine Mollusca of Bombay. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. Series 4, 7: 17-51
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R., 1895
Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part 1. Journal of Conchology. 8: 84-130; addenda 131-132
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R., 1896
Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part 2. Journal of Conchology. 8(9): 273-315
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R., 1903
Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901-1903. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(12): 289-324
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R., 1914
Notes on mollusca collected in the north-west Falklands by Rupert Vallentin, F.L.S. with descriptions of six new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8(13): 110-136
Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.-P., 2011
Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 1-648pp
Moolenbeek, R. G. & Coomans, H. E., 1982
Studies on Conidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). 2. Conus pusio Sowerby I (non Hwass) and C. melvilli Sowerby III. Bulletin Zoologisch Museum. Universiteit van Amsterdam. 8(17): 145-148
Morelet, A., 1857b
Appendice à la Conchyliologie de l’Algérie (Suite). Voyage de M. Grasset à El-Aghouat. Journal de Conchyliologie. 6(4): 369-374
Species cited
•• Helix modica Morelet, 1857
Morelet, A., 1864
Descriptions de coquilles inédites. Journal de Conchyliologie. 12(2): 155-159
Species cited
•• Melanopsis tingitana Morelet, 1864
Morelet, A., 1866
Coquilles nouvelles recueillies par le Dr Fr. Welwitsch dans l’Afrique équatoriale, et particulièrement dans les provinces portugaises d’Angola et de Benguella. Journal de Conchyliologie. 14(2): 153-163
Morelet, A., 1867
Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Voyage du Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du governement Portugais dans les Royaumes d’Angola et de Benguella (Afrique equinoxiale). Paris. 102
Morelet, A., 1877
Excursion conchyliologique dans l'ile d'Anjouan (Johanna). Journal de Conchyliologie. 25(4): 325-347
Species cited
•• Bulimus bewsheri Morelet, 1877
Morelet, A., 1879
Description d'un Bulime nouveau d'Abyssinie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 27(4): 315-316
Species cited
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Morelet, A., 1880
La fauna malacologique du Maroc en 1880. Journal de Conchyliologie. 28(1): 5-83
Morelet, A., 1885
Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Afrique équinoxiale. Journal de Conchyliologie. 33: 20-33
Species cited
•• Stenogyra plebeia Morelet, 1885
Morelet, A., 1889a
Coquilles nouvelles de l'Afrique méridionale. Journal de Conchyliologie. 37: 5-20
Morelet, A., 1889b
Note rectificative. Journal de Conchyliologie. 37: 199-200
Morelet, A. & Drouët, H., 1857
Conchologiae Azoricae prodromus novarum specierum diagnoses sistens. Journal de Conchyliologie. 6: 148-153
Neiber, M. T., 2015
On the generic placement of the narrow-range endemic ‘Helix’ arguineguinensis Seddon & Aparicio, 1998 from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). Zootaxa. 3981(2): 296–300
Neubert, E., 2002
The non-Alopiine Clausiliidae of Africa, with a note on Clausilia giraudi Bouguignat (Mollusca, Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae). Collectanea Malacologica. Festschrift für Gerhard Falkner. 253-275
Species cited
•• Macroptychia obesa Neubert, 2002
Nevill, G. & H., 1871
Descriptions of new mollusca from the Eastern regions. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 40(2): 1-11
Noronha, A. C., 1923
A new species of Ochthephila from Porto Santo. Journal of Conchology. 17(3): 84-86
Oliver, G., Rodrigues, C. F. & Cunha, M. R., 2011
Chemosymbiotic bivalves from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz, NE Atlantic, with descriptions of new species of Solemyidae, Lucinidae and Vesicomyidae. ZooKeys. 113: 1-38
Oliver, P. G., 1982
A new species of Cancellariid gastropod from Antarctica with a description of the radula. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. 57: 15-20
Species cited
•• Nothoadmete tumida Oliver, 1982
Oliver, P. G., 1983
Notoficula Thiele, a neotenous genus of eratoid gastropod from Antarctica. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. 61: 1-6
Species cited
•• Notoficula signyensis Oliver, 1983
Oliver, P. G., 1986
A new lucinid bivalve from the Niger Delta and an appraisal of the Loripes group (Bivalvia, Lucinacea). Basteria. 50: 47-64
Oliver, P. G., 1990a
A new species of Noetiella (Bivalvia: Arcacea) from Hong Kong. Proceedings of the 2nd International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. Hong Kong 1986. Edited by B. Morton. 413-417
Species cited
•• Noetiella vivianae Oliver, 1990
Oliver, P. G., 2001
Functional morphology and description of a new species of Amygdalum (Mytiloidea) from the oxygen minimum zone of the Arabian Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 67(2): 225-241
Species cited
•• Amygdalum anoxicolum Oliver, 2001
Oliver, P. G., 2012
Taxonomy of some Galeommatoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) associated with deep-sea echinoids: A reassessment of the bivalve genera Axinodon Verrill & Bush, 1898 and Kelliola Dall, 1899 with descriptions of new genera Syssitomya gen. nov. and Ptilomyax gen. nov. European Journal of Taxonomy. 12: 1-24
Oliver, P. G., 2013
Description of Atopomya dolobrata gen. et sp. nov.: first record of bacterial symbiosis in the Saxicavellinae (Bivalvia). Journal of Conchology. 41(3): 359-367
Oliver, P. G., 2014
“TUBULAR GILLS” Extreme gill modification in the Thyasiroidea with the description of Ochetoctena tomasi gen. et sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Thyasiroidea). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 90(2): 121–132
Species cited
•• Ochetoctena tomasi Oliver, 2014
Oliver, P. G. , 1995
Bivalvia. In Dance, S. P. (Ed.), Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Motivate Publishing, Dubai. (p. 194-281) 296pp
Oliver, P. G. & Abou-Zeid, M, 1986
Barbierella (Bivalvia: Lucinacea) a tethyan relict species living in the Red Sea. Journal of Conchology. 32(4): 221-224
Oliver, P. G. & Chesney, H. C. G., 1994
Taxonomy of Arabian Bivalves. Part 1. Arcoidea. Journal of Conchology. 35(1): 17-31
Oliver, P. G. & Chesney, H. C. G., 1997
Taxonomy and descriptions of Bivalves (Lucinoidea, Galeommatoidea, Carditoidea, Cardioidea, Tellinoidea & Myoidea) from the Arabian Sea. Journal of Conchology. 36(1): 51-76
Oliver, P. G. & Drewery, J., 2013
New species of chemosymbiotic clams (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae and Thyasiridae) from a putative ‘seep’ in the Hatton–Rockall Basin, north-east Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. doi:10.1017/S0025315413001136; 1-15
Oliver, P. G. & Glover, E., 1996
Paphia (Protapes) (Bivalvia: Veneroidea) in the Arabian Sea, with the description of a new species. Journal of Conchology. 35(5): 389-405
Oliver, P. G. & Holmes, A. M., 2004
Cryptic Bivalves with descriptions of new species from the Rodrigues lagoon. Journal of Natural History. 38: 3175-3227
Oliver, P. G. & Holmes, A. M., 2006a
A new species of Lucinoma (Bivalvia: Lucinoidea) from the oxygen minimum zone of the Oman Margin, Arabian Sea. Journal of Conchology. 39(1): 63-77
Oliver, P. G. & Holmes, A. M., 2006b
New species of Thyasiridae (Bivalvia) from chemosynthetic communities in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Conchology. 39(2): 175-183
Oliver, P. G. & Levin, L., 2006
A new species of the family Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the oxygen minimum zone of the Pakistan margin. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 86: 411-416
Oliver, P. G. & Lützen, J., 2011
An anatomically bizarre, fluid-feeding, Galeommatoidean bivalve: Draculamya porobranchiata gen. et sp. nov. (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Conchology. 40(4): 365-392
Oliver, P. G. & Picken, G. B., 1984
Prosobranch gastropods from Signy Island, Antarctica: Buccinacea and Muricacea. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. 62: 95-115
Oliver, P. G. & Taylor, J. D., 2012
Bacterial symbiosis in the Nucinellidae (Bivalvia: Solemyida) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 78: 81-91
Oliver, P. G. & Zuschin, M., 2001
Minute Veneridae and Kelliellidae from the Red and Arabian Seas with a redescription of Kellia miliacea Issel, 1869. Journal of Conchology. 37(2): 213-230
Oliver, P. G., Hallan, A, Jayachandran, P. R., Joseph, P., Sanu, V. F., Bijoy Nandan, S. , 2018
Taxonomy of myid bivalves from fragmented brackish-water habitats in India, with a description of a new genus Indosphenia (Myida, Myoidea, Myidae). ZooKeys. 799: 21-46
Oliver, P. G., Vestheim, H., Antunes, A. & Kaartvedt, S., 2014
Systematics, functional morphology and distribution of a bivalve (Apachecorbula muriatica gen. et sp. nov.) from the rim of the ‘Valdivia Deep’ brine pool in the Red Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 1-13
Pain, T., 1950
A new species of Pomacea (Limnopomus) from Venezuela. Journal of Conchology. 23: 109-111
Pain, T., 1951
On the type of Pila nyanzae (Smith, 1892). Proceedings of the Malacological Society. 28(6): 230-231
Species cited
• Ampullaria nyanzae Smith, 1892
Pain, T., 1952
Notes on Pila ovata (Oliver) and its distribution in Africa. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines . 46: 286-292
Pain, T., 1955
Notes on some New Caledonian Placostylus (with descriptions of 1 new species and 4 sub-species). Journal de Conchyliologie. 95(1): 11-19
Pain, T., 1956
On a collection of Pomacea from Colombia, with description of a new subspecies. Journal of Conchology. 24(3): 73-79
Pain, T., 1961
Revision of the African Ampullariidae species of the genus Pila Roding 1798 (Mesogastropoda, Architaenioglossa, Mollusca). Musee Royal de L’Afrique Centrale - Tervuren, Belgique Annales. series in 8, 96: 1-29
Species cited
• Ampullaria nyanzae Smith, 1892
Pain, T. & Paul, C. R. C., 1967
Studies in the genus Pseudachatina Albers (Mollusca-Achatinidae). Annales du Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques. Tervuren. Series 8, 159: 1-79
Páll-Gergely, B. & Hunyadi, A., 2013
The family Plectopylidae Möllendorff 1898 in China (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 142 (1): 1-66
Pallary, P., 1923b
Vingt Mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. Alger. 14: 112-118
Species cited
•• Xerophila abarriana Pallary, 1923
Pallary, P., 1927
Complément a la faune malacologique de la Berbérie (Suite). Journal de Conchyliologie. 71(3): 197-277
Pfarrer, B., Rowson, B., Tattersfield, P. & Neubert, E., 2021
Phylogenetic position of African Vitrinidae: Old family groups unraveled. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 59: 1190-1208
Pilsbry, H. A., 1900a
Bulimulidae: Bothriemryon, Placostylus. Helicidae: Amphidromus. 13(49-52). Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systematic. With illustrations of the species. Founded by George W. Tryon, Jr. Academy of Natural Sciences. Philadelphia. Second Series: Pulmonata. 1-253pp
Ponder, W. F. , 1983
Rissoaform gastropods from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic: The Eatoniellidae, Rissoidae, Barleeidae, Cingulopsidae, Orbitestellidae and Rissoellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, with a review of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic (excluding southern America and the New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands) species. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports. 108: 1-96
Powell, A. W. B., 1964
The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The subfamily Turrinae. 1(5). Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 227-346pp
Preston, H. B., 1907c
Descriptions of Cypraea bernardinae and Calliostoma carnicolor n. sp. The Nautilus. 20(12): 139-140
Species cited
•• Cypraea bernardinae Preston, 1907
Reeve, L. A., 1843
Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. 1. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London. Species 1-369pp
Reeve, L. A., 1843-1844
Monograph of the genus Conus. 1. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London. Species 1-268pp
Reeve, L. A., 1843a
Monograph of the genus Delphinula. 1. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London. Species 1-27pp
Species cited
•  Delphinula reeviana Reeve, 1843
Reeve, L. A., 1844a
Monograph of the genus Mitra. 2. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London. Species 1-220pp
Reeve, L. A., 1845a
Monograph of the genus Mitra. 2. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London. Species 221-334pp
Reeve, L. A., 1845b
Monograph of the genus Murex. 3. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London. Species 1-188pp
Species cited
•• Murex bipinnatus Reeve, 1845
Reeve, L. A., 1846a
Descriptions of new species of Murex. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 13(150), 1845: 85-88
Species cited
  Murex bipinnatus Reeve, 1845
Reeve, L. A., 1847
Monograph of the genus Turbinella. 4. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London.
Species cited
•• Turbinella belcheri Reeve, 1847
Reeve, L. A., 1857 & 1858
Descriptions of seven new shells from the collection of the Hon. Sir David Barclay, of Port Louis, Mauritius. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25(339/340), 1857: 207-210
Reeve, L. A., 1859
Monograph of the genus Columbella. 11. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London. Species 1-240pp
Rehder, H. A., 1973
The family Harpidae of the world. 3(16). Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 207-274pp
Robin, A. & Martin, J-C., 2004
Mitridae. Costellariidae. Xenophora, Association Francaise de Conchyliologie. ConchBooks. 1-34pp
Species cited
  Mitra pruinosa Reeve, 1844
Röckel, D., Korn, W., & Kohn, A. J., 1995
Manual of the Living Conidae Vol. 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Verlag Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, Germany. 517pp
Rodrigues, C. F., Oliver, P. G. & Cunha, M. R., 2008
Thyasiroidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic). Zootaxa. 1752: 41-56
Rolle, H., 1902
Neue Landschnecken. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 34: 211-212
Species cited
•• Porphyrobaphe grandis Rolle, 1902
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
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