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Machrochisma africana Tomlin, 1932
Gastropoda : Fissurelloidea : Fissurellidae| Current Name: | Macroschisma africana (Tomlin, 1932) [WoRMS: 215800] |
| Type Status: | Lectotype |
| Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
| Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00074 |
| Preparations: | Dry shells |
| No. of Specimens: | 1 |
| Locality: | Port Alfred, Republic of South Africa, Cape Transition (S. Afr.). |
| Collecting Details: | Becker, (ex.Coll.) J. R. le B. Tomlin |
References
Reference |
Citation |
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|---|---|---|
| Tomlin, J. R. le B. 1932a. Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum, 6-8. Families Fasciolariidae, Fissurellidae, Buccinidae. Annals of the South African Museum. 30(2): 157-169; text figs 1-10. [161-162; text fig. 3] | Cited Figured Original Description |
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| Trew, A. 1990. John R. le B. Tomlin’s New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-101pp [45] | Cited Type Designation |
Detailed Locality
| Verbatim Locality |
| Pt Alfred. |
| Point Locality: | Port Alfred, |
| Country: | Republic of South Africa |
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| Sea Region: | Cape Transition (S. Afr.). |
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| Ex. Collection: | J. R. le B. Tomlin |
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| Collected by: | Becker |
Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia |
Archaeogastropoda | Fissurelloidea | Fissurellidae Subfamily: Fissurellinae |
Remarks
Tomlin, 1932 does not explicitly state that his description is based on one specimen. Trew, 1990 has listed the NMW specimen as the holotype; in accordance with ICZN Art. 74.6 this is an indirect lectotype selection by inference of holotype (Trew, 1990: 45).
Record last modified - 27/06/2018