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Mitra rugosa Swainson in Sowerby 1st, 1825 / Mitra tankervillei Melvill, 1888
Gastropoda : Muricoidea : Costellariidae| Current Name: | Vexillum tankervillei (Melvill, 1888) [WoRMS: 208350] |
| Type Status: | Holotype |
| Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
| Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00425 |
| Preparations: | Dry shells |
| No. of Specimens: | 1 |
| Locality: | Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal. |
| Collecting Details: | (ex.Coll.) Earl of Tankerville; Thomas Norris; Prevost; J. C. Melvill |
References
Reference |
Citation |
Reference available |
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| Sowerby, G. B. (1st). 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville arranged according to the Lamarckian Conchological System; together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. Illustrated with several coloured plates. London. i-xxxiv, 1-92pp; 9 pls [79, xxvii-xxviii] | Cited Original Description Type Designation |
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| Reeve, L. A. 1844a. Monograph of the genus Mitra. 2. Conchologia Iconica; a complete repertory of species. London. Species 1-220pp; pls 1-27 [sp. 101; pl. 14] | Figured | request |
| Melvill, J. C. 1888d. Notes on Mitra (Costellaria) rugosa (Swainson). Journal of Conchology. 5(11): 332-335. [332-335] | Cited Type Designation |
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| Trew, A. 1987. James Cosmo Melvill's New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-84pp [66] | Cited | |
| 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. 5, fig. 6] | Figured | request |
Detailed Locality
| Verbatim Locality |
| Label: Ceylon. Swainson in Sowerby, 1825: None. Melvill, 1888: Its locality is unknown, but most probably it is a native of Eastern seas. |
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| Country: | Sri Lanka |
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| Sea Region: | Bay of Bengal. |
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| Ex. Collection: | Earl of Tankerville; Thomas Norris; Prevost; J. C. Melvill |
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Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
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| Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia |
Neogastropoda | Muricoidea | Costellariidae |
Remarks
This shell was first known in the Earle of Tankerville collection, which was dispersed in 1825. Swainson’s description was published in the Tankerville sales catalogue compiled by Sowerby 1st. It then passed through the hands of Thomas Norris, Prevost and J. C. Melvill. This name was however preoccupied by M. (Turricula) rugosa Gmelin, 1791 and with this knowledge Melvill renamed Swainson’s species Mitra tankervillei in 1888. This shell at NMW is the holotype of both names with Swainson’s description being based on a single specimen.
Melvill (1888d) also notes confusion occurring with the name rugosa after Reeve (1844a) rewrote the description and figured the specimen but gave authorship to Sowerby instead of Swainson. This erroneous authorship has been used in other lists.