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Mitra (Mitreola) astyridiformis Melvill, 1888
Gastropoda : Muricoidea : Mitridae| Current Name: | Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa A. Adams, 1853 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976 |
| Type Status: | Holotype |
| Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
| Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00099 |
| Preparations: | Dry shells |
| No. of Specimens: | 1 |
| Locality: | No locality. |
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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. [282; pl. 2, fig. 13] | 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 [444] | Cited Current Name |
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| Trew, A. 1987. James Cosmo Melvill's New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-84pp [26] | Cited |
Detailed Locality
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| Label: None. Melvill, 1888: None. |
| Point Locality: | No locality. |
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Classification
Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
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