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Mitra (Pusia) geoffreyana Melvill, 1910
Gastropoda : Muricoidea : Costellariidae| Current Name: | Vexillum geoffreyanum (Melvill, 1910) [WoRMS: 591504] |
| Type Status: | Lectotype |
| Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
| Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00401 |
| Preparations: | Dry shells |
| No. of Specimens: | 1 |
| Locality: | off Sheikh-Shuaib Island, Persian Gulf, Arabian Gulf. |
| Collecting Details: | F. W. Townsend, (ex.Coll.) J. C. Melvill |
References
Reference |
Citation |
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| Melvill, J. C. 1910. Descriptions of twenty-nine species of marine mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, mostly collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend of the Indo-European Telegraph Service. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8(6): 1-17; pls 1-2. [12; pl. 2, fig. 20] | Cited Figured Original Description |
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| Trew, A. 1987. James Cosmo Melvill's New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-84pp [42] | 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. 8, fig. 2] | Figured Type Designation |
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Detailed Locality
| Verbatim Locality |
| Label: Sheikh Shuaib I., P.G. Melvill, 1910: Persian Gulf, off Sheikh-Shuaib Island. |
| Point Locality: | off Sheikh-Shuaib Island, |
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| Region: | Persian Gulf, |
| Sea Region: | Arabian Gulf. |
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| Ex. Collection: | J. C. Melvill |
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| Collected by: | F. W. Townsend |
Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Superfamily |
Family |
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| Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia |
Neogastropoda | Muricoidea | Costellariidae |
Record last modified - 27/06/2018