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Marginella melvilli Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913
Gastropoda : Muricoidea : MarginellidaeType Status: | Holotype |
Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.01094 |
Preparations: | Dry shells |
No. of Specimens: | 1 |
Locality: | Sao Tomé, São Tomé and Principe, Tropical E. Atlantic. |
Collecting Details: | (ex.Coll.) J. C. Melvill |
References
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Citation |
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Tomlin, J. R. le B. & Shackleford, L. J. 1913a. Descriptions of two new species of Marginella from San Thomé Island. Journal of Conchology. 14(1): 11; pl. 1, figs 1-2, 5-6. [11; pl. 1, figs 1-2] | Cited Figured Original Description Type Designation |
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Tomlin, J. R. le B. & Shackleford, L. J. 1913b. Descriptions of new species of Marginella and Mucronalia from Sao Thomé. Journal of Conchology. 14(2): 43; pl. 1, figs 3, -4, 7-8. [43] | Cited | ![]() request |
Tomlin, J. R. le B. 1917. A systematic list of the Marginellidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 12(5): 242-306. [279] | Cited | ![]() request |
Trew, A. 1990. John R. le B. Tomlin’s New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-101pp [49] | Cited |
Detailed Locality
Verbatim Locality |
Label: S. Thomé. Melvill, 1903: S. Thomé. |
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Country: | São Tomé and Principe |
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Region: | Sao Tomé, |
Sea Region: | Tropical E. Atlantic. |
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Ex. Collection: | 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 | Marginellidae Subfamily: Marginellinae |
Remarks
Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913 do not indicate a unique type on p.11 but on p. 43 of the same volume they explicitly refer to the type being in his collection: “Type of M. liparozona in coll. Tomlin, as are also those of M. eveleighi T & S (pl. i., f. 5, 6), and M. melvilli T. & S. (pl. i., 1, 2).”
Record last modified - 27/06/2018