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Drillia audax Melvill & Standen, 1903

Gastropoda : Conoidea : Drilliidae
Type Status: Syntype
Collection: Melvill-Tomlin
Accession No.: NMW.1955.158.00440
Preparations: Dry shells
No. of Specimens: 5
Locality: Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, 156 fms, 24°58'N, 56°54'E
Collecting Details: 1903, F. W. Townsend, (ex.Coll.) F.W.Townsend

References


Reference
Citation
Reference available
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. 1903. Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901-1903. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(12): 289-324; pls 20-23. [313; pl. 23, fig. 1] Original Description
Type Designation

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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 58' N., long. 56° 54' E., 156 fathoms
Point Locality: Gulf of Oman
Country:
Station:
Grid ref./Coordinates: 24°58'N., 56°54'E
Region:
Sea Region:
Altitude:
Depth: 156 fms
Expedition:
Ex. Collection: F.W.Townsend
Collecting date: 1903
Collected by: F. W. Townsend

Classification

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
- - Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Neogastropoda Conoidea Drilliidae

Remarks

Figured syntype - BM(NH) 1903.12.15.34 - 1 spec
Syntypes NMW.1955.158.00440 - 5 spec
Syntype NMW.1955.158.00441 - 1 spec
Possible syntype MANCH.EE.7651 - 1 spec

Record last modified - 07/09/2023