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Mitra exquisita Sowerby 3rd, 1889

Gastropoda : Muricoidea : Costellariidae
Current Name: Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
[OBIS: 13498]
Type Status: Holotype
Collection: Melvill-Tomlin
Accession No.: NMW.1955.158.01416
Preparations: Dry shells
No. of Specimens: 1
Locality: Port Blair, Andaman Islands (India), Bay of Bengal.
Collecting Details: R. Hungerford, (ex.Coll.) Gloyne sale

References


Reference
Citation
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Sowerby, G. B. (3rd). 1889a. Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells from China, Japan and the Andaman Islands, chiefly collected by Deputy Surgeon-Gen. R. Hungerford. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1888: 565-570; pl. 28. [565-566; pl. 28, fig. 7] Cited
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Original Description
Type Designation

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Turner, H. 1989. Uncommon and New Mitriform Gastropods from the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape. CH-8903 Birmensdorf. 1-35pp; pls.1-8 [pl. 7, fig. 5] Figured
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Detailed Locality

Verbatim Locality
Label: Andamans.
Sowerby, 1889: Port Blair, Andaman Island.
Point Locality: Port Blair,
Country: Andaman Islands (India)
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Sea Region: Bay of Bengal.
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Ex. Collection: Gloyne sale
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Collected by: R. Hungerford

Classification

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Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Neogastropoda Muricoidea Costellariidae
Record last modified - 27/06/2018