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Mitra (Strigatella) abacophora Melvill, 1888
Gastropoda : Muricoidea : MitridaeTurner, H. 2007
Type Status: | Holotype |
Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00096 |
Preparations: | Dry shells |
No. of Specimens: | 1 |
Locality: | No locality. |
Collecting Details: | 4/12/1887, (ex.Coll.) J. C. Melvill |
References
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Melvill, J. C. 1888b. Descriptions of fifteen new species of Mitra. Journal of Conchology. 5(9): 281-288; pl. 2, figs 11-25. [286; pl. 2, fig. 22] | Cited Figured Original Description Type Designation |
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Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. The Mitridae of the World. Part 1. The subfamily Mitrinae. 3(17). Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 273-528pp; pls 248-466 [311-312] | Cited | ![]() request |
Trew, A. 1987. James Cosmo Melvill's New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-84pp [22] | Cited | |
Thorrson, W. & Salisbury, R. 2006. Living Mitridae. Internet Hawaiian Shell News, Feature-1 Section. | Cited Figured |
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Turner, H. 2007. Six new species of Mitridae from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with remarks on Mitra abacophora Melvill, 1888 (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea). Contributions to Natural History. Scientific papers from the Natural History Museum Bern. 10: 1-39; figs 1-35. [6; fig. 7] | Cited Figured Current Name |
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Detailed Locality
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Label: None. Melvill, 1888: None. |
Point Locality: | No locality. |
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Ex. Collection: | J. C. Melvill |
Collecting date: | 4/12/1887 |
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Classification
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Class |
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Superfamily |
Family |
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Animalia | Mollusca | Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia |
Neogastropoda | Muricoidea | Mitridae Subfamily: Mitrinae |
Remarks
Melvill, 1888b: 288:
“NOTE.- The types of the foregoing species are in my collection, and with the exception of M. percnodictya and rhodinosphaera, of each of which only two specimens are known, and M. aerumnosa and fulvosulcata, of which there are several, are all represented as yet by single unique specimens”.
Record last modified - 27/06/2018