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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Anderson, R., 2004
Arion occultus n. sp., a new slug of subgenus Kobeltia Seibert (Pulmonata: Arionidae) from Ireland. Journal of Conchology. 38(4): 341-353 |
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Badcock, E. C., 1981
Hawaii's Cypraea rashleighana Melvill and the collector for whom it was named. Hawaiian Shell News. 29(6): 3 |
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Bank, R. & Neubert, E., 1998
Notes on Buliminidae, 5. On the systematic position of Arabian Buliminidae (Gastropoda Pulmonata), with description of a new Genus. Basteria. 61: 73–84 |
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Bavay, A., 1904
Descriptions de quelques nouvelles especes du genre Pecten et retifications. Journal de Conchyliologie. 52(3): 197-206 |
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Beddome, R. H., 1908
Descriptions of Labyrinthus euclausus and Neocyclotus belli n.spp., from Colombia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 20-21 |
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Bernardi, A. C., 1861
Diagnose d'un Cone nouveau. Journal de Conchyliologie. 9(3): 285-286 |
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Bouchet, P. & Waren, A., 1986
Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae, Eulimidae, Epitoniidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. Sup. 2: 299-576 |
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Bouchet, P. & Waren, A., 1993
Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyl and abyssal Mesogastropoda. Bollettino Malacologico. Sup. 3: 577-840 |
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Breure, A. S. H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J. D., 2018
Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to Malacology. Netherlands MalacologicaL Society, Leiden, The Netherlands. 544pp |
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Broderip, W. J., 1836
Descriptions of some shells apparently not hitherto recorded. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 4(40), 1836: 43-45 |
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Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. (1st), 1832
Characters and descritions of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr Cuming. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 2(16), 1832: 25-33 |
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Buijse, J. A., Dekker, H. & Verbinnen, G., 2013
On the identity of Casmaria species (Gastropoda, Cassidae) with descriptions of two new species. Acta Conchyliorum Monographien. 14: 1-93 |
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Burkill, C. & Marshall, J. T., 1891
The marine shells of Scilly. Journal of Conchology. 6: 345-348 |
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Cate, C. N., 1973
A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Veliger. 15, sup.: 1-116 |
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Cate, C. N., 1977
A review of the Eratoidea. Veliger. 19(3): 341-366 |
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Caudwell, C. M., Jones, A. M. & Killeen, I. J., 1995
Three Solenogastres from the Irish Sea, new to the British marine area. Journal of Conchology. 35(3): 257-269 |
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Cernohorsky, W. O., 1976
The Mitridae of the World. Part 1. The subfamily Mitrinae. 3(17). Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 273-528pp |
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Chaster, G. W., 1896
Some new marine Mollusca from Tangier. Journal of Malacology. 5(1): 1-4 |
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Chen, C., Linse, K., Copley, J. T. and Rogers, A. D., 2015
The ‘scaly-foot gastropod’: a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae) from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 1–13 |
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Chesney, H. C. G. & Oliver, P. G., 1994
Taxonomy of Arabian Bivalves. Part 2. A new species of Semele (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea). Journal of Conchology. 35(1): 33-36 |
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Coles, B. F. & Nekola, J. C., 2007
Vertigo malleata, a new extreme calcifuge land snail (Gastropoda: Vertiginidae) from the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of USA. The Nautilus. 121(1): 17-28 |
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Cowie, R. H. & Thiengo, S. C., 2003
The Apple Snails of the Americas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: Asolene, Felipponea, Marisa, Pomacea, Pomella): A Nomenclatural and Type Catalog. Malacologia. 45(1): 41-100 |
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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 |
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Crosse, H., 1872
Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 20(3): 211-214 |
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Crosse, H., 1878
Description d’espèces nouvelles de Mollusques. Journal de Conchyliologie. 26(2): 166-169 |
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Crosse, H., 1895
Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie. 42(3 & 4): 161-473 |
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Crowley, T. E., 1956
A new species of Synapterpes from Colombia. Journal of Conchology. 24(4): 144 |
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D'Attilio, A. & Hertz, C., 1987
Comparison of Naquetia annandalei (Preston, 1910) and Naquetia barclayi (Reeve, 1857). The Festivus. 19(6): 56-60 |
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Dance, S. P., 1969
Rare Shells. London: Faber & Faber. 128pp |
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Dance, S. P., 1970
Non-marine molluscs of Borneo. 1. Streptaxacea: Streptaxidae. Journal of Conchology. 27(3): 149-162 |
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de Boury, E., 1913
Observations sur quelques especes ou sous-genres de Scalidae. Journal de Conchyliologie. 61(1): 65-112 |
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de Folin, 1867
Les Méléagrinicoles, espèces nouvelles. Imprimerie Lepelletier. Havre. 1-74pp |
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De Mattia, W., Neiber, M. T. & Groh, K., 2018
Revision of the genus-group Hystricella R. T. Lowe, 1855 from Porto Santo (Madeira Archipelago), with descriptions of new recent and fossil taxa (Gastropoda, Helicoidea, Geomitridae). ZooKeys. 732: 1–125 |
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Dean, J. D., 1926
The nomenclature of certain British Mollusca and description of a new species of Emarginula. Journal of Conchology. 18(1): 21-24 |
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Dean, J. D., 1933
The type of Geomelania with description of a new species. Journal of Conchology. 19(10): 331-333 |
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Dean, J. D., 1936
Conchological cabinets of the last century. Journal of Conchology. 20(8): 225-252 |
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Dekker, H. & Goud , 1994
Review of the living Indo-West-Pacific species of Divaricella sensu auct. with descriptions of two new species and a summary of the species from other regions. (Part 1). Vita Marina. 42(4): 115-136 |
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Di Luca, J. & Pastorino, G., 2018
A revision of the genus Savatieria Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885: an endemic group |
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Dillwyn, L. W., 1817a
A descriptive catalogue of recent shells arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. 1. London. 1-580pp |
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Dillwyn, L. W., 1817b
A descriptive catalogue of recent shells arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. 2. London. 581-1092pp |
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Dunker, W., 1858-1870
Novitates Conchologicae Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung Neuer oder Wenig Gekannter Meeres-Conchylien, series 2. Theodore Fischer, Cassel. 144pp |
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Engl, W., 1998
New species of the Family Eulimidae from the Canary Islands - Part 3. Description of Fusceulima boscheineni n. sp. La Conchiglia. 289: 11-14 |
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Fernandes, F., Rolan, E. & Otero-Schmitt, J., 1996
The genus Crassispira (Gastropoda, Turridae) in West Africa. Journal of Conchology. 35(4): 283-301 |
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Fraussen, K. & Stratmann, D., 2013
A Conchological Iconography: The family Babyloniidae. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 1-96pp |
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Fraussen, K. & Terryn, Y., 2007
The family Buccinidae: Genus Neptunea. A Conchological Iconography. i-iv, 164pp |
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Fraussen, K. & Terryn, Y., 2017
On the identity of Neptunea lyrata (Gmelin, 1791) (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea), with description of Neptunea excelsior sp. nov. from the northern West Pacific. Gloria Maris. 56(3): 68-81 |
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Fulton, H., 1905
Descriptions of new species of Papuina, Planispira (Cristigibba), Strophocheilus (Borus) and Drymaeus. Journal of Malacology. 12(2): 22-25 |
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Gaskoin, J. S., 1852
Descriptions of twenty species of Columbella, and one species of Cypraea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19(219), 1851: 2-14 |
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Gassies, J. B., 1871
Faune conchyliologique terrestre et fluvio-lacustre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 2. Paris. 1-212pp |
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Gassies, J. B., 1879
Diagnoses d’espèces inédites, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 26: 330-347 |
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Gassies, J. B., 1880
Faune conchyliologique terrestre et fluvio-lacustre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 3. Paris. 1-108pp |
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Geiger, D. L., 2012
Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. 730-1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. |
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Giles, E. & Gosliner, T., 1983
Primary type specimens of marine Mollusca (excluding Cephalopoda) in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum . 92(1): 1-52 |
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Gittenberger, E. & Goud, J. , 2003
The genus Babylonia revisited (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Zoologische Mededelingen. Leiden. 345: 151-162 |
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Glover, E. A. & Taylor, J. D., 1997
New species and records of Rastafaria and Megaxinus (Bivalvia: Lucinidae) from the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, with a reappraisal of Megaxinus. Journal of Conchology. 36(1): 1-18 |
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Gmelin, J. F., 1791
Caroli a Linne Systema Naturae. Ed. 13. Tom. 1, Vermes, Pars 6, Mollusca. 3021-3910pp |
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Goodrich, E. S., 1896
Report on a collection of Cephalopoda from the Calcutta Museum. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Series 2, 7(1): 1-24 |
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Gude, G. K., 1906
Further remarks on the genus Chloritis, with descriptions of eleven new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 7(2): 105-118 |
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Gude, G. K., 1916
Description of two new species of Angasella. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12: 41-42 |
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Harasewych, J., 1973
More on Murex barclayi. Hawaiian Shell News. 21(3); 159: 4 |
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Herbert, D. G., 1989
Pagodatrochus, a new genus for Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873 (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 55(3): 365-372 |
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Herbert, D. G., 1992
Revision of the Umboniinae (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Trochidae) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 33(2): 379-459 |
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Herbert, D. G. & Kilburn, D. H., 1985
Taxonomic studies on the Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Emarginula, Emarginella, Puncturella, Fissurisepta and Rimula. South African Journal of Zoology. 21(1): 1-27 |
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Herrmann, M. & Salisbury, R., 2014
A new species of Vexillum (Costellaria) (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Marquesas with remarks on Mitra chariessa Melvill, 1888. Contributions to Natural History. 24: 57–66 |
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Herrmann, M., Stossier, G. & Salisbury, R., 2014
A new subgenus including three new species of the genus Vexillum (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the central Indo-Pacific with remarks on Vexillum (Pusia) semicostatum (Anton, 1838). Contributions to Natural History . 24: 1-55 |
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Hervier, R. P., 1897a
Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques, provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (suite). Journal de Conchyliologie. 45: 47-69 |
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Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y., 2001
Catalogue and Bibliography of the marine shell-bearing mollusca of Japan. Gastropoda. Bivalvia. Polyplacophora. Scaphopoda. Type figures. Elle Scientific Publications. 1-208pp |
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Holyoak, D. T. & Holyoak, G. A., 2017
A revision of the land-snail genera Otala and Eobania (Gastropoda, Helicidae) in Morocco and Algeria. Journal of Conchology. 42(6): 419-490 |
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Holyoak, D. T. & Seddon, M. B., 1985
An undescribed Acicula (Gastropoda: Aciculidae) from Portugal and a record of A. algerensis in Morocco. Journal of Conchology. 32(1): 63-66 |
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Holyoak, D. T. & Seddon, M. B., 1986a
Geographical variation in Rupestrella dupotetii (Terver) (Gastropoda: Chondrinidae) from Morocco and Algeria. Journal of Conchology. 32(3): 185-190 |
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Holyoak, D. T. & Seddon, M. B., 1986b
An undescribed Leiostyla (Gastropoda: Pupillidae) from Madeira. Journal of Conchology. 32(3): 191-193 |
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Holyoak, D.T., Holyoak, G.A., GÏŒmez Moliner, B.J. & Chueca, L.J., 2020
Phylogeny, species-limits and taxonomic revision of Otalini (Helicidae) from north-west Africa. Journal of Conchology. 43 (6): 551–611 |
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Houart, R., 1992
The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. (A), 154. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. 1-188pp |
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Houart, R., Moe, C.O. & Chen, C., 2014
Chicomurex lani sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Muricidae), a new species from Taiwan and its intricate history. Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 37: 1-14 |
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Hoyle, W. E., 1883
On a new species of Octopus (O. maculosus). Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. 7: 319-322 |
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Hoyle, W. E., 1885a
Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the Cruise of H.M.S. “Challenger” - Part 1. The Octopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5(15): 222-236 |
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Hoyle, W. E., 1885c
Preliminary Report on the Cephalopoda collected during the Cruise of H.M.S. “Challenger”. Part 1. The Octopoda. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 13: 94-114 |
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Hoyle, W. E., 1886
Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. “Challenger” during the years 1873-1876. Zoology. Part 44 - Report on the Cephalopoda. 16. i-vi, 1-246pp |
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Huber, M., 2010
Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901pp |
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Humphrey, G., 1797
Museum Calonnianum - specification of the various articles which compose the magnificent museum of natural history by M. de Calonne in France, and lately his property, consisting of an assemblage of the most beautiful and rare subjects in entomology, conchology, ornithology, mineralogy &c. Humphrey, London. i-viii, 1-84pp |
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Issel, A., 1869
Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Editori della biblioteca malacologica. Pisa. i-xi, 1-387pp |
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Jordan, H. K., 1895
On some new species of British mollusca, from the "Triton" Expedition, with a list of other species new to the Faroe Channel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1(6): 264-269 |
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Kantor, Y. I., Vinarski, M. V., Schileyko, A. A. & Sysoev, A. V., 2010
Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories. Ruthenica. Available online at http://www.ruthenica.com/documents/Continental_Russian_molluscs_ver2-3-1.pdf. |
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Kiener, L. C., 1845
Genre Porcelaine (Cypraea Lin.). Spécies Général et Iconographie des Cocquilles Vivantes. 1-166pp |
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Kiener, L. C., 1846-1850
Conus. 2. Species General et Iconographie des Cocquilles Vivantes. 1-379pp |
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Kilburn, R. N., 1986
Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(2): 633-720 |
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Killeen & Turner, 2009
Yoldiella and Potlandia (Bivalvia) from the Faroe-Shetland Chanell and Rockall Trough, Northeast Atlantic. Journal of Conchology. 39: 733 - 778 |
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Killeen, I. J. & Oliver, P. G., 2000
A new species of Abyssochrysos (Gastropoda: Loxonematoidea) from the Oman margin. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66(1): 95-98 |
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Kobelt, W., 1891
Die Gattung Placostylus Beck (Bulimus. Neue Folge). Vol.1 (13a). In Kuster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nurnberg : Bauer & Raspe. 1-142pp |
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Kohn, A. J.,
Catalogue of recent and fossil Conus. The Conus biodiversity website. Available online at http://biology.burke.washington.edu/conus/catalogue/index.php. |
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Kohn, A. J., 1992
A Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758-1840. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, USA. i-x , 1-315pp |
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Malaquias, M. A. E., 2004
The opisthobranch molluscs described by the Reverend Robert Boog Watson from the Madeira Archipelago (Northeast Atlantic, Portugal). Journal of Conchology. 38 (3): 231-240 |
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Marie, E., 1869
Note sur quelques coquilles de la Nouvelle Caledonie, et description d'especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17(1): 14-19 |
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Marshall, J. T., 1893-1894
Additions to "British Conchology". Part 1. Journal of Conchology. 7: 241-265 [October 1893]; 379-385 [April 1894] |
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Marshall, J. T., 1912
Additions to "British Conchology". Part 7. Journal of Conchology. 13 (11): 324-338 |
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Martyn, T., 1784
Universal Conchology: Figures of Nondescript Shells. 2. London. 1pp |
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Melvill, J. C., 1883
Description of a new species of Cassis. Journal of Conchology. 4(2): 43-44 |
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Melvill, J. C., 1885
Description of two new species of shells. Journal of Conchology. 4(10): 316 |
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Melvill, J. C., 1888a
Description of six new species of Pecten. Journal of Conchology. 5(9): 279-281 |
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Melvill, J. C., 1888b
Descriptions of fifteen new species of Mitra. Journal of Conchology. 5(9): 281-288 |
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