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Cypraea ocellata var. pretiosa Melvill, 1905

Gastropoda : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae
Current Name: Erosaria ocellata var. (Linnaeus, 1758)
[OBIS: 54151]
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: Melvill-Tomlin
Accession No.: NMW.1955.158.00292
Preparations: Dry
No. of Specimens: 1
Locality: No locality.
Collecting Details: (ex.Coll.) H. B. Preston; J. C. Melvill

References


Reference
Citation
Reference available
Melvill, J. C. 1905. Four colour varieties of Cypraea. Journal of Conchology. 11(6): 192. [192] Cited
Original Description
Type Designation

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Trew, A. 1987. James Cosmo Melvill's New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-84pp [58] Cited

Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Colombo.
Point Locality: No locality.
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Ex. Collection: H. B. Preston; J. C. Melvill
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Classification

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Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Mesogastropoda Cypraeoidea Cypraeidae
Record last modified - 27/06/2018