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Cypraea hungerfordi Sowerby 3rd, 1888
Gastropoda : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae| Current Name: | Erronea hungerfordi (Sowerby, 1888) [WoRMS: 527606] |
| Type Status: | Holotype |
| Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
| Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.01230 |
| Preparations: | Dry |
| No. of Specimens: | 1 |
| Locality: | [Hong Kong] [Japan], Indo-West Pacific. |
| Collecting Details: | (ex.Coll.) R. Hungerford; J. J. MacAndrew; J. C. Melvill (1917) |
References
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Citation |
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| Sowerby, G. B. (3rd). 1888. Descriptions of sixteen new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1888(2): 207-213; pl. 11. [208; pl. 11, figs 1-3] | Cited Figured Original Description Type Designation |
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Detailed Locality
| Verbatim Locality |
| Label: Hong Kong. Sowerby, 1888: queries “Japan?” from where it was purchased by R. Hungerford. |
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| Country: | [Hong Kong] [Japan] |
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| Sea Region: | Indo-West Pacific. |
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| Ex. Collection: | R. Hungerford; J. J. MacAndrew; J. C. Melvill (1917) |
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Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia |
Mesogastropoda | Cypraeoidea | Cypraeidae |
Remarks
Sowerby, 1888:
“This shell (which is in perfect condition) was purchased in Japan years ago by Dep.-Surgeon-General R. Hungerford, but he had no guarantee that it was taken in Japanese waters, and, so far as I know, no other specimen has been discovered.”
Record last modified - 27/06/2018