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Actaeon browni Jordan, 1895
Gastropoda : Philinoidea : ActeonidaeType Status: | Holotype |
Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.01206 |
Preparations: | Dry shells |
No. of Specimens: | 1 sh |
Locality: | “Warm area” 80 or 90 miles north of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, U.K, Stn. 13, N.E. Atlantic, 570 fms, 59°51’02”N, 08°18’W, HMS Triton |
Collecting Details: | HMS Triton, 1882 |
References
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Citation |
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Jordan, H. K. 1895. On some new species of British mollusca, from the "Triton" Expedition, with a list of other species new to the Faroe Channel. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1(6): 264-269; pl. 16, figs 1-8. [267; pl. 16, fig. 7] | Cited Figured Original Description Type Designation |
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Detailed Locality
Verbatim Locality |
Label: “Triton” Exp. St 13. 570 fms. Jordan, 1895: “Warm area." Station No. 13: 570 fms. |
Point Locality: | “Warm area” 80 or 90 miles north of the Butt of Lewis, |
Country: | Scotland, U.K. |
Station: | Stn. 13 |
Grid ref./Coordinates: | 59°51’02”N., 08°18’W. |
Region: | Outer Hebrides, |
Sea Region: | N.E. Atlantic. |
Altitude: | |
Depth: | 570 fms |
Expedition: | HMS Triton |
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Collecting date: | 1882 |
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Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
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Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Opisthobranchia |
Cephalaspidea | Philinoidea | Acteonidae |
Remarks
Jordan, 1895:
“I have named it after my old and valued friend Mr. Alfred Brown, of Glasgow, author of The Mollusca of the Firth of Clyde."