Machrochisma africana Tomlin, 1932 | NMW.1955.158.00074 | Mollusca Types in Britain & Ireland
Type Specimen

Machrochisma africana Tomlin, 1932
Lectotype

Tomlin, J. R. le B. 1932a. Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum, 6-8. Families Fasciolariidae, Fissurellidae, Buccinidae. Annals of the South African Museum. 30(2). pp.157-169. text figs 1-10 [161-162; pl.text fig. 3] [Original Description]
Trew, A. 1990. John R. le B. Tomlin’s New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. pp.1-101 [45] [Type Designation]
Current name: Macroschisma africana (Tomlin, 1932)
Classification: Gastropoda : Archaeogastropoda : Fissurelloidea : Fissurellidae
Type Status: Lectotype [Verified - Harriet Wood ]
Collection: Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff (Melvill-Tomlin)
Catalogue No.: NMW.1955.158.00074
No. specimens: 1 (Dry shells)
Type Locality: Port Alfred [Republic of South Africa]
Collecting details: Becker; J. R. le B. Tomlin
Notes
Tomlin, 1932 does not explicitly state that his description is based on one specimen. Trew, 1990 has listed the NMW specimen as the holotype; in accordance with ICZN Art. 74.6 this is an indirect lectotype selection by inference of holotype (Trew, 1990: 45).
References

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Tomlin, J. R. le B. 1932a. Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum, 6-8. Families Fasciolariidae, Fissurellidae, Buccinidae. Annals of the South African Museum. 30(2). pp.157-169. text figs 1-10 [161-162; pl.text fig. 3] [Cited] [Figured] [Original Description]
Trew, A. 1990. John R. le B. Tomlin’s New Molluscan Names. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. pp.1-101 [45] [Cited] [Type Designation]
Specimen Data
Point Locality: Port Alfred
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Country: Republic of South Africa
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Water Body: Cape Transition (S. Afr.).
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Collected by: Becker
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Ex. Collector: J. R. le B. Tomlin
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