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Mitra (Turricula) caloxesta Melvill, 1888
Gastropoda : Muricoidea : Costellariidae| Current Name: | Vexillum (Pusia) caloxestum (Melvill, 1888) [WoRMS: 596813] |
| Type Status: | Holotype |
| Collection: | Melvill-Tomlin |
| Accession No.: | NMW.1955.158.00389 |
| Preparations: | Dry shells |
| No. of Specimens: | 1 |
| Locality: | Andaman Islands (India), Bay of Bengal. |
| Collecting Details: | (ex.Coll.) J. C. Melvill |
References
Reference |
Citation |
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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. [283; pl. 2, fig. 14] | Cited Figured Original Description Type Designation |
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| Trew, A. 1987. James Cosmo Melvill's New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. 1-84pp [29] | 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. 7, fig. 1] | Figured | request |
| Turner, H. 2001. Katalog der familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 1-100pp [22] | Current Name |
Detailed Locality
| Verbatim Locality |
| Label: None. Melvill, 1899: Andaman Isles. |
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| Country: | Andaman Islands (India) |
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| Sea Region: | Bay of Bengal. |
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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 | Costellariidae |
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