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Type Specimen Class Superfamily Family
Mitra (Pusia) evelynae Melvill, 1895 Mitra (Pusia) evelynae Melvill, 1895
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00397
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Current Name: Vexillum (Pusia) millecostatum (Broderip, 1836)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra (Pusia) geoffreyana Melvill, 1910 Mitra (Pusia) geoffreyana Melvill, 1910
Lectotype NMW.1955.158.00401
Locality: off Sheikh-Shuaib Island, Persian Gulf, Arabian Gulf.
Current Name: Vexillum geoffreyanum (Melvill, 1910)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra (Pusia) zythochroa Melvill, 1888 Mitra (Pusia) zythochroa Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00430
Locality: Panama
Current Name: Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra (Strigatella) baldwinii Melvill, 1899 Mitra (Strigatella) baldwinii Melvill, 1899
Lectotype NMW.1955.158.01385
Locality: Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA, Central Pacific.
Current Name: Vexillum (Pusia) moelleri (Küster, 1840)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra (Turricula) caloxesta Melvill, 1888 Mitra (Turricula) caloxesta Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00389
Locality: Andaman Islands (India), Bay of Bengal.
Current Name: Vexillum (Pusia) caloxestum (Melvill, 1888)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra (Turricula) sybillae Melvill, 1888 Mitra (Turricula) sybillae Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00424
Locality: Andaman Islands (India), Bay of Bengal.
Current Name: Vexillum (Costellaria) sybillae (Melvill, 1888)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra (Vulpecula) tomlini Melvill, 1925 Mitra (Vulpecula) tomlini Melvill, 1925
Lectotype NMW.1955.158.01000
Locality: "Doubtless eastern tropics but not precisely known.", Eastern Tropics
Current Name: Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra (Vulpecula) utravis Melvill, 1925 Mitra (Vulpecula) utravis Melvill, 1925
Lectotype NMW.1955.158.00428
Locality: No locality.
Current Name: Vexillum (Vexillum) curviliratum (Sowerby, 1874)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra exquisita Sowerby 3rd, 1889 Mitra exquisita Sowerby 3rd, 1889
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01416
Locality: Port Blair, Andaman Islands (India), Bay of Bengal.
Current Name: Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra milium Reeve, 1845 [Neotype] / Mitra (Vulpecula) illecebra Melvill, 1927 [Holotype] Mitra milium Reeve, 1845 [Neotype] / Mitra (Vulpecula) illecebra Melvill, 1927 [Holotype]
Holotype & Neotype NMW.1955.158.00597
Locality: Straits of Korea, N.W. Pacific, 40 fms, HMS Sylvia
Current Name: Thala milium (Reeve, 1845)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra rugosa Swainson in Sowerby 1st, 1825 / Mitra tankervillei Melvill, 1888 Mitra rugosa Swainson in Sowerby 1st, 1825 / Mitra tankervillei Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00425
Locality: Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal.
Current Name: Vexillum tankervillei (Melvill, 1888)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra transenna Melvill, 1888 Mitra transenna Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00427
Locality: East Indies, Indo-West Pacific.
Current Name: Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum (Gmelin, 1791)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Mitra xerampelina Melvill, 1895 Mitra xerampelina Melvill, 1895
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00429
Locality: Aden, Yemen, Arabian Sea.
Current Name: Vexillum (Protoelongata) xerampelina (Melvill, 1895)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Costellariidae
Latirus (Peristernia) hesterae Melvill, 1911 Latirus (Peristernia) hesterae Melvill, 1911
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00343
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Fasciolariidae
Latirus formosior Melvill, 1891 Latirus formosior Melvill, 1891
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00340
Locality: No locality.
Current Name: Fusolatirus formosior (Melvill, 1891)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Fasciolariidae
Latirus praestantior Melvill, 1891 Latirus praestantior Melvill, 1891
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00359
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Current Name: Pustulatirus praestantior (Melvill, 1891)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Fasciolariidae
Peristernia canthariformis Melvill, 1891 Peristernia canthariformis Melvill, 1891
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00328
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Fasciolariidae
Peristernia cremnochione var. photiformis Melvill, 1891 Peristernia cremnochione var. photiformis Melvill, 1891
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00355
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Current Name: Peristernia cremnochione Melvill, 1891
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Fasciolariidae
Turbinella belcheri Reeve, 1847 Turbinella belcheri Reeve, 1847
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01407
Locality: No locality.
Current Name: Latirus belcheri (Reeve, 1847)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Fasciolariidae
Harpa costata var. laetifica Melvill, 1916 Harpa costata var. laetifica Melvill, 1916
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00406
Locality: No locality.
Current Name: Harpa costata (Linnaeus, 1758)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Harpidae
Morum praeclarum Melvill, 1919 Morum praeclarum Melvill, 1919
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00022
Locality: No locality.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Harpidae
Oniscia macandrewi Sowerby 3rd, 1889 Oniscia macandrewi Sowerby 3rd, 1889
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00021
Locality: Japan, Indo-West Pacific.
Current Name: Morum macandrewi (Sowerby, 1888)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Harpidae
Marginella (Glabella) mirabilis Adams, H., 1869 Marginella (Glabella) mirabilis Adams, H., 1869
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01449
Locality: No locality.
Current Name: Glabella miriabilis (H. Adams, 1846)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Marginellidae
Marginella atractus Tomlin, 1918 Marginella atractus Tomlin, 1918
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01088
Locality: Port Alfred, Republic of South Africa, Cape Transition (S. Afr.).
Current Name: Alaginella atracta (Tomlin, 1918)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Marginellidae
Marginella bicatenata Sowerby 3rd, 1914 Marginella bicatenata Sowerby 3rd, 1914
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01434
Locality: No locality.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Marginellidae
Marginella californica Tomlin, 1916 Marginella californica Tomlin, 1916
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01089
Locality: San Diego, California, USA, N.E. Pacific.
Current Name: Volvarina (Volvarina) taeniolata Mörch, 1860
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Marginellidae
Marginella epipolia Tomlin, 1921 Marginella epipolia Tomlin, 1921
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01145
Locality: Off San Sebastians Bluff, Republic of South Africa, Cape Transition (S. Afr.), 24 fms
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Marginellidae
Marginella eveleighi Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913 Marginella eveleighi Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01091
Locality: Sao Tomé, São Tomé and Principe, Tropical E. Atlantic.
Current Name: Glabella tyermani (Marrat, 1876)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Marginellidae
Marginella liparozona Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913 Marginella liparozona Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01093
Locality: Sao Tomé, São Tomé and Principe, Tropical E. Atlantic.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Marginellidae
Marginella melvilli Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913 Marginella melvilli Tomlin & Shackleford, 1913
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01094
Locality: Sao Tomé, São Tomé and Principe, Tropical E. Atlantic.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Marginellidae
Mitra (Cancilla) marionae Melvill, 1888 Mitra (Cancilla) marionae Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00411
Locality: No locality.
Current Name: Ziba annulata (Reeve, 1844)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra (Mitreola) astyridiformis Melvill, 1888 Mitra (Mitreola) astyridiformis Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00099
Locality: No locality.
Current Name: Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa A. Adams, 1853
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra (Strigatella) abacophora Melvill, 1888 Mitra (Strigatella) abacophora Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00096
Locality: No locality.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra aerumnosa Melvill, 1888 Mitra aerumnosa Melvill, 1888
Lectotype NMW.1955.158.00076
Locality: Algoa Bay, Republic of South Africa, Cape Transition (S. Afr.).
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra bela Melvill, 1888 Mitra bela Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00386
Locality: Uncertain locality.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra cretacea Sowerby 3rd, 1874 Mitra cretacea Sowerby 3rd, 1874
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00396
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Current Name: Mitra (Strigatella) pellisserpentis pellisserpentis Reeve, 1844
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra floridula Sowerby 3rd, 1874 Mitra floridula Sowerby 3rd, 1874
Lectotype NMW.1955.158.00398
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Current Name: Mitra aurora floridula Sowerby, 1874
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra fortis Melvill, 1925 Mitra fortis Melvill, 1925
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00100
Locality: West Coast, South America, S.E. Pacific.
Current Name: Mitra orientalis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra idae Melvill, 1893 Mitra idae Melvill, 1893
Lectotype NMW.1955.158.00066
Locality: Point Loma, Lower California, Mexico, N.E. Pacific.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra maculosa Reeve, 1844 Mitra maculosa Reeve, 1844
Lectotype NMW.1955.158.00894
Locality: Unknown.
Current Name: Mitra (Strigatella) litterata Lamarck, 1811
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra mauritiana Sowerby 3rd, 1874 Mitra mauritiana Sowerby 3rd, 1874
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00899
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Current Name: Scabricola (Scabricola) lacunosa (Reeve, 1844)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra melvilli Sowerby 3rd, 1882 Mitra melvilli Sowerby 3rd, 1882
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00900
Locality: No locality.
Current Name: Mitra (Nebularia) sowerbyi melvilli Sowerby, 1882
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra nassoides Sowerby 3rd, 1874 Mitra nassoides Sowerby 3rd, 1874
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00895
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Current Name: Mitra (Strigatella) pellisserpentis pellisserpentis Reeve, 1844
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra pruinosa Reeve, 1844 Mitra pruinosa Reeve, 1844
Holotype NMW.1955.158.01384
Locality: No locality.
Current Name: Neocancilla hebes (Reeve, 1845 )
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra telum Sowerby 2nd, 1874 Mitra telum Sowerby 2nd, 1874
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00896
Locality: Barkley Island, Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Current Name: Mitra (Nebularia) fulvescens Broderip, 1836
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Mitra tensa Melvill, 1888 Mitra tensa Melvill, 1888
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00426
Locality: Antarctica, Antarctic.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Mitridae
Murex (Haustellum) multiplicatus Sowerby 3rd, 1895 Murex (Haustellum) multiplicatus Sowerby 3rd, 1895
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00013
Locality: West Australia, Australia, Indian Ocean.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Muricidae
Murex (Ocinebra) obtusus Sowerby 3rd, 1894 Murex (Ocinebra) obtusus Sowerby 3rd, 1894
Holotype NMW.1955.158.00017
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Muricidae
Murex barclayi Reeve, 1858 Murex barclayi Reeve, 1858
Paralectotype NMW.1955.158.00015
Locality: Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Current Name: Naquetia barclayi (Reeve, 1857)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Muricidae
Murex bipinnatus Reeve, 1845 Murex bipinnatus Reeve, 1845
Syntype NMW.1955.158.00014
Locality: Moluccas, Indo-West Pacific.
Current Name: Pterynotus bipinnata (Reeve, 1845)
 Gastropoda:
Prosobranchia 		Muricoidea Muricidae
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