 i17991 |
 i17992 |
 i17993 |
 i17994 |
 i17995 |
 i17996 |
 i17997 |
 i17998 |
 i17999 |
Awaiting Imagei16000_i17999/Web/jpegs/i17991.jpg
Ricinula (Sistrum) konkanensis Melvill, 1893
Gastropoda : Muricoidea : Muricidae| Current Name: | Semiricinula konkanensis (Melvill, 1893) [WoRMS: 397052] |
| Type Status: | Syntype |
| Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
| Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00318 |
| Preparations: | Dry |
| No. of Specimens: | 2 |
| Locality: | Mumbai, Maharashrta, India, Arabian Sea. |
| Collecting Details: | 1892, A. Abercrombie, (ex.Coll.) J. C. Melvill |
References
Reference |
Citation |
Reference available |
|---|---|---|
| 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. [31] | Cited |  request |
| 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; pl. 1. [54-55; pl. 1, fig. 5] | Original Description Type Designation |
request |
| Trew, A. 1987. James Cosmo Melvill's New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-84pp [48] | Cited |
Detailed Locality
| Verbatim Locality |
| Label: Bombay. Abercrombie. 1892. Melvill, 1893: Bombay (Blanford, Abercrombie, & c.) |
| Point Locality: | Mumbai, |
| Country: | India |
| Station: | |
| Grid ref./Coordinates: |
| Region: | Maharashrta, |
| Sea Region: | Arabian Sea. |
| Altitude: | |
| Depth: |
| Expedition: | |
| Ex. Collection: | J. C. Melvill |
| Collecting date: | 1892 |
| Collected by: | A. Abercrombie |
Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda |
Neogastropoda | Muricoidea | Muricidae Subfamily: Rapaninae |
Remarks
Type evidence:
The NMW specimens are from Melvill’s collection and were collected by A. Abercrombie from the type locality of Bombay. The figured specimen is held at NHMUK.
Other type material:
Figured syntype:- NHMUK 1893.2.16.12 1 spec.
Syntype:- NHMUK 1878.1.28.235 1 spec.
Syntypes:- Manchester Museum EE.7795 2 spec.
Nomen nudem citation:
The name was first published without description in a slightly earlier paper by Melvill & Abercrombie, 1893: 31.
Record last modified - 27/06/2018