Drillia audax Melvill & Standen, 1903 | MANCH.EE.7651 | Mollusca Types in Britain & Ireland
Type Specimen

Drillia audax Melvill & Standen, 1903
Syntype(s) (possible)

Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. 1903. Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901-1903. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(12). pp.289-324. pls 20-23 [313; pl.23; figs.1] [Original Description]
Current name: Drillia audax Melvill & Standen, 1903 [source: MolluscaBase]
Classification: Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conoidea : Drilliidae
Type Status: Syntype(s) (possible) [Verified - McGhie, 2004 ]
Collection: Manchester Museum (Townsend)
Catalogue No.: MANCH.EE.7651
No. specimens: 1
Type Locality: Gulf of Oman, lat 24°58’N., 56°54’E., 156 fathoms.
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Figured syntype - BM(NH) 1903.12.15.34 - 1 spec Syntypes NMW.1955.158.00440 - 5 spec Syntype NMW.1955.158.00441 - 1 spec Possible syntype MANCH.EE.7651 - 1 spec
References

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Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. 1903. Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901-1903. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(12). pp.289-324. pls 20-23 [313; pl.23; figs.1] [Original Description]
McGhie, H. A. 2008. Catalogue of type specimens of molluscs in the collection of The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, UK. ZooKeys. 1. pp.1-46 [7] [Cited]
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