Oliva plana Marrat, 1871 | LIVCM.17.6.1875 [535] | Mollusca Types in Great Britain
Type Specimen

Oliva plana Marrat, 1871
Lectotype

Marrat F.P. 1871. A monograph of the genus Oliva. part 30. Thesaurus Conchyliorum (G. B. Sowerby II ed.,). pls.15-25. figs.212-473 [41; pl.25; figs.463] [Original Description]
Current name: Olivella plana (Marrat, 1871) [source: MolluscaBase]
Classification: Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olivoidea : Olividae
Type Status: Lectotype [Verified - Anna Holmes ]
Collection: National Museums Liverpool
Catalogue No.: LIVCM.17.6.1875 [535]
No. specimens: 1
Type Locality: [No locality]
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Notes
Specimen could match fig. 463 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum - very small and no pattern. Label in Marrat's writing 'O. plana Mar'. Label in Tomlin's writing 'Type of plana M. is merely one of the shorter, broader forms of oryza Lam.' Ford 1953 first mention of Holotype.
References

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Marrat F.P. 1871. A monograph of the genus Oliva. part 30. Thesaurus Conchyliorum (G. B. Sowerby II ed.,). pls.15-25. figs.212-473 [41; pl.25; figs.463] [Original Description] [Figured]
Ford, W.K. 1953. Notes by J.R. le B. Tomlin, M.A. on Marrat's Species of Oliva. North Western Naturalist. September. pp.442-449 [447] [Cited]
McMillan, N. F. 1985. Frederick Price Marrat 'Conchologist etc'. Merseyside County Museums Occasional Papers. 3. pp.34 [20] [Cited]
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Curatorial Contact

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National Museums Liverpool
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