Type Specimens | Mollusca Types in Great Britain
Type Specimens
Array
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    [0] =>  Oliver, Salvi & Al-Kandari
    [1] => "Deakin" Cumberland & Woodward
    [2] => "Deb. in sc." Westerlund
    [3] => (Marrat
    [4] => (Strebel MS) Melvill & Standen
    [5] => (Thiele)
    [6] => [Baird, or Gray]
    [7] => [Benson] Sowerby
    [8] => [Hanley] Reeve
    [9] => Adams
    [10] => Adams & Angas
    [11] => Adams in-Montagu
    [12] => Adams, A. & Reeve
    [13] => Adams, H.
    [14] => Aguayo & Jaume
    [15] => Alder
    [16] => Alder & Hancock
    [17] => Alder in Forbes & Hanley
    [18] => Ancey
    [19] => Ancey & Sykes in Ancey
    [20] => Ancey in Bavay & Dautzenberg
    [21] => Ancey in Garrett
    [22] => Ancey in Pilsbry
    [23] => Ancey in Vignon
    [24] => Ancey in Westerlund
    [25] => Anderson
    [26] => Angas
    [27] => Anthony
    [28] => Arango
    [29] => Bartsch
    [30] => Bavay
    [31] => Bavay & Dautzenburg
    [32] => Bean
    [33] => Bean in Thorpe
    [34] => Beddome, R. H.
    [35] => Benson
    [36] => Bernardi
    [37] => Biggs
    [38] => Bloomer
    [39] => Boettger, O.
    [40] => Bouchet & Warén
    [41] => Bourguignat
    [42] => Bourne
    [43] => Broderip
    [44] => Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby 1st
    [45] => Brown & Verdcourt
    [46] => Brown & Weil (de Boury mss.)
    [47] => Bullen
    [48] => Burch & Burch
    [49] => Burnup
    [50] => Carpenter
    [51] => Cate
    [52] => Caudwell, Jones & Killeen
    [53] => Caziot
    [54] => Chaper
    [55] => Chaster
    [56] => Chen, Linse, Copley & Rogers
    [57] => Chesney & Oliver
    [58] => Clench
    [59] => Clench & Aguayo
    [60] => Clench & Turner
    [61] => Clessin
    [62] => Clover
    [63] => Coles & Nekola
    [64] => Collier
    [65] => Connolly
    [66] => Cooper & Preston
    [67] => Craven
    [68] => Crosse
    [69] => Crosse & Fischer
    [70] => Crosse & Fisher
    [71] => Crowley
    [72] => Crowley & Pain
    [73] => Crowley, Pain & Woodward
    [74] => Dall
    [75] => Dance
    [76] => Dance, Moolenbeek & Dekker
    [77] => Dautzenberg
    [78] => de boury
    [79] => de Folin
    [80] => de Mattia & Neiber
    [81] => de Mattia, Neiber & Groh
    [82] => Dean
    [83] => Dekker & Goud
    [84] => Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance
    [85] => Deschamps
    [86] => Dillwyn
    [87] => Drouët
    [88] => Drouet & Chaper
    [89] => Dunker
    [90] => Dupuis & Putzeys
    [91] => E. A. Smith
    [92] => E. von Martens
    [93] => E.A. Smith
    [94] => Eliot
    [95] => Engl
    [96] => Evans
    [97] => F. G. Thompson & Dance
    [98] => F. Haas
    [99] => F. R. Woodward
    [100] => Farran
    [101] => Forbes & Hanley
    [102] => Ford
    [103] => Fulton
    [104] => G. B. Sowerby 3rd
    [105] => G. B. Sowerby I
    [106] => Gaskoin
    [107] => Gassies
    [108] => Germain
    [109] => Geyer
    [110] => Gittenberger
    [111] => Gittenberger & Boeters
    [112] => Gittenberger & Goud
    [113] => Glover & Taylor
    [114] => Gmelin
    [115] => Godwin-Austen
    [116] => Goodrich
    [117] => Gray
    [118] => Gray in Sowerby
    [119] => Gredler
    [120] => Gude
    [121] => Gyngell
    [122] => Haas
    [123] => Hanley
    [124] => Hanley & Theobald
    [125] => Hedley
    [126] => Hemphill in Binney
    [127] => Henderson
    [128] => Henderson & Daniels
    [129] => Henderson & Simpson
    [130] => Hervier
    [131] => Heude
    [132] => Heurde
    [133] => Higgins & Marrat
    [134] => Holyoak & Seddon
    [135] => Holyoak, Holyoak, Gόmez Moliner & Chueca
    [136] => Houart
    [137] => Hoyle
    [138] => I. Lea
    [139] => Iredale
    [140] => Iredale in Melvill & Standen
    [141] => Issel
    [142] => J. G. Cooper
    [143] => J. S. Miller
    [144] => Jackson
    [145] => Jeffreys
    [146] => Jones & Preston
    [147] => Jordan
    [148] => Jordan 
    [149] => Kennard
    [150] => Kennard & Woodward
    [151] => Kiener
    [152] => Killeen & Oliver
    [153] => Killeen & Turner
    [154] => King
    [155] => Kobelt
    [156] => Lancaster
    [157] => Layard
    [158] => Layard in Kobelt
    [159] => Lea
    [160] => Linnaeus
    [161] => Lowe
    [162] => Marie
    [163] => Marrat
    [164] => Marshall
    [165] => Martyn
    [166] => Maynard
    [167] => Maynard & N. A. Clapp in Maynard
    [168] => Melvil
    [169] => Melvill
    [170] => Melvill & Ponsonby
    [171] => Melvill & Standen
    [172] => Melvill & Sykes
    [173] => Melvill in Tryon
    [174] => Möllendorff
    [175] => Montagu
    [176] => Monterosato
    [177] => Moolenbeek & Dance
    [178] => Moore
    [179] => Morelet
    [180] => Morelet & H. Drouët
    [181] => Moricand
    [182] => Morrison
    [183] => Müller
    [184] => Neubert
    [185] => Nevill, G. & H.
    [186] => Newcomb
    [187] => Noronha
    [188] => Nuttall
    [189] => Oliver
    [190] => Oliver & Abou-Zeid
    [191] => Oliver & Chesney
    [192] => Oliver & Drewery
    [193] => Oliver & Glover
    [194] => Oliver & Holmes
    [195] => Oliver & Levin
    [196] => Oliver & Lutzen
    [197] => Oliver & Picken
    [198] => Oliver & Taylor
    [199] => Oliver & Vestheim
    [200] => Oliver & Zuschin
    [201] => Oliver, Rodrigues & Cunha
    [202] => Oliver, Salvi & Al-Kandari
    [203] => Overton
    [204] => P. P. Carpenter
    [205] => Pain
    [206] => Pain & Paul
    [207] => Pallary
    [208] => Partridge
    [209] => Pease
    [210] => Peuile
    [211] => Pfaffer, Rowson, Tattersfield & Neubert
    [212] => Pfeiffer
    [213] => Phillips
    [214] => Pilsbry
    [215] => Pilsbry & Ferriss
    [216] => Pilsbry & Frierson
    [217] => Pilsbry & Henderson
    [218] => Pilsbry & Hinkley
    [219] => Pilsbry & Hirase
    [220] => Ponder
    [221] => Powell
    [222] => Preston
    [223] => Pulteney
    [224] => Putzeys
    [225] => R.T. Lowe
    [226] => Ramsden
    [227] => Reeve
    [228] => Rehder
    [229] => Reidel & Norris
    [230] => Robson
    [231] => Rodrigues, Oliver & Cunha
    [232] => Rolle
    [233] => Rowson
    [234] => Rowson & Symondson
    [235] => Rowson & Tattersfield
    [236] => Rowson & Van Goethem
    [237] => Salisbury
    [238] => Schilder
    [239] => Schlesch
    [240] => Schwabe
    [241] => Seddon
    [242] => Seddon & Aparicio
    [243] => Seddon & Killeen
    [244] => Shackleford & Spence
    [245] => Simroth
    [246] => Smith
    [247] => Smith, E. A.
    [248] => Smythe & Oliver
    [249] => Sowerby
    [250] => Sowerby 1st
    [251] => Sowerby 2nd
    [252] => Sowerby 2nd in Reeve
    [253] => Sowerby 3rd
    [254] => Spence
    [255] => Sterki
    [256] => Strebel
    [257] => Stutchbury
    [258] => Swainson
    [259] => Swainson in Sowerby 1st
    [260] => Sykes
    [261] => T. Brown
    [262] => Tattersfield
    [263] => Tattersfield & Rowson
    [264] => Taylor
    [265] => Taylor & Glover
    [266] => Theobald
    [267] => Thiele
    [268] => Thompson
    [269] => Tiberi
    [270] => Tomlin
    [271] => Tomlin & Peile
    [272] => Tomlin & Shackleford
    [273] => Torre
    [274] => Torre & Bartsch
    [275] => Torre & Clench
    [276] => Torre & Ramsden in Ramsden
    [277] => Turton
    [278] => van Aartsen & Carrozza
    [279] => Verdcourt
    [280] => Vermeulen
    [281] => von Cosel
    [282] => von Martens
    [283] => W. Bean
    [284] => W. F. Clapp
    [285] => Walker
    [286] => Watson
    [287] => Westerlund
    [288] => Wheeler
    [289] => Whitehead
    [290] => Williams
    [291] => Wollaston
    [292] => Woodward
    [293] => Wright
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Acar abdita Oliver & Chesney, 1994
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Acar abdita Oliver & Chesney, 1994
Bivalvia : Arcoida : Arcoidea : Arcidae

Type Locality: Under rocks at top of shore close to sand, adjacent to Muscat Aquarium, Al Bustan, Oman, 23°33.5’N., 58°37.5’E. [Oman]

Holotype
Raeta abercrombiei Melvill, 1893
Manchester Museum
Current name: Raeta pellicula Reeve, 1854
Bivalvia : Imparidentia (Superorder) : Mactroidea : Anatinellidae

Type Locality: Bombay [India]

Syntype(s)
Barbatia (Acar) aceraea Melvill & Standen, 1899
Manchester Museum
Current name: Mulinarca aceraea (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcoidea : Noetiidae

Type Locality: Torres Straits

Syntype(s)
Cardium aculeatum Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Acanthocardia aculeata Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardioidea : Cardiidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Crassatella africana Marrat, 1878
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Crassatina contraria Marrat, 1878
Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatelloidea : Crassatellidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (missing)
Actinobolus africanus Marrat, 1878
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Cardites umbonatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditoidea : Carditidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (missing)
Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Anodonta anatina Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionoidea : Unionidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Lyrocardium anaxium Oliver & Chesney, 1997
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Lyrocardium anaxium Oliver & Chesney, 1997
Bivalvia : Veneroida : Cardioidea : Cardiidae

Type Locality: East coast of Masirah, Oman, Arabian Sea. [Oman]

Holotype
Circe angasi Smith, 1885
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Gouldiopa australis Angas, 1865
Bivalvia : Veneroida : Veneroidea : Veneridae

Type Locality: Port Jackson.

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Periploma angasi Crosse & Fischer, 1864
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Offadesma angasi Crosse & Fischer, 1864
Bivalvia : Thracioidea : Periplomatidae

Type Locality:

Type(s) (possible)
Neocardia angulata Sowerby, 1892
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Neocardia angulata Sowerby III, 1892
Bivalvia : Arcida : Limopsoidea : Philobryidae

Type Locality: Sow Cape (Pt. Alfred) [South Africa]

Syntype(s) (possible)
Tellina angulata Linnaeus, 1767
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Tellina angulata Linnaeus, 1767
Bivalvia : Veneroida : Tellinoidea : Tellinidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Amygdalum anoxicolum Oliver, 2001
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Amygdalum anoxicolum Oliver, 2001
Bivalvia : Mytiloida : Mytiloidea : Mytilidae

Type Locality: Off Ras Madrakah, southern Oman, Discovery cruise 211 st.12697#1, 19°21.8'N 58°15.4'E, 378 m [Oman]

Holotype
Thracia antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1898
Manchester Museum
Current name: Mya antarctica (Melvill & Standen, 1898)
Bivalvia : Myida : Myoidea : Myidae

Type Locality: Shallow Bay, Lively Island, Falkland Islands (from introduction) [Falkland Islands (Malvinas)]

Syntype(s) (figured)
Mya antarctica Melvill & Standen, 1914
Manchester Museum
Current name: Mya antarctica (Melvill & Standen, 1898)
Bivalvia : Myida : Myoidea : Myidae

Type Locality: N.W. Falklands [Falkland Islands (Malvinas)]

Lectotype
Arca antiquata Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Anadara antiquata Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Arcoida : Arcoidea : Arcidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Arca antiquata Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Anadara antiquata Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Arcoida : Arcoidea : Arcidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Chama antiquata Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Cardites antiquatus Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditoidea : Carditidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Megaxinus arabicus Glover & Taylor, 1997
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Megaxinus arabicus Glover & Taylor, 1997
Bivalvia : Veneroida : Lucinoidea : Lucinidae

Type Locality: Arabian Sea, 19°49.43'N, 58°23.77' E, 58 m. Discovery Expedition 1994,station reference number 217:12689 11. [Oman]

Holotype
Loripes araiogramma Oliver & Chesney, 1997
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Loripes araiogramma Oliver & Chesney, 1997
Bivalvia : Veneroida : Lucinoidea : Lucinidae

Type Locality: 2km East of Marbat, Dhofar, Southern Oman. [Oman]

Holotype
Chama arcinella Linnaeus, 1767
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus, 1767
Bivalvia : Venerida : Chamoidea : Chamidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Mya arctica Linnaeus, 1767
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Hiatella arctica Linnaeus, 1767
Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatelloidea : Hiatellidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Cardium arcuatum Montagu, 1803
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Current name: Lucinella divaricata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia : Imparidentia (Superorder) : Lucinoidea : Lucinidae

Type Locality: Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall [United Kingdom]

Syntype(s)
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Myida : Myoidea : Myidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Thracia arienatoma Oliver & Holmes, 2004
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Thracia arienatoma Oliver & Holmes, 2004
Bivalvia : Pholadomyoida : Pandoroidea : Thraciidae

Type Locality: Gravier, Rodrigues, stn 9A, 14.11.2000, 19°43.9’S, 63°28.9’E [Republic of Mauritius]

Holotype
Malvinasia arthuri Cooper & Preston, 1910
Glasgow Museums
Current name: Malvinasia arthuri Cooper & Preston, 1910
Bivalvia : Imparidentia (Superorder) : Galeommatoidea : Montacutidae

Type Locality: “Falkland Islands” “material recently collected by Mr. Arthur F. Cobb” [Falkland Islands (Malvinas)]

Syntype(s) (possible)
Lucinoma asapheus Oliver, Rodrigues & Cunha, 2011
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Lucinoma asapheus Oliver, Rodrigues & Cunha, 2011
Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinoidea : Lucinidae

Type Locality: TTR15, stn. AT569GR, El Arraiche Field, Mercantor mv, Gulf of Cadiz, NE Atlantic. 35°17.917’N 06°38.717’W, 358m, 25/07/2005, Dept. Biology Aviero University, Portugal

Holotype
Lucinoma asapheus Oliver, Rodrigues & Cunha, 2011
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Lucinoma asapheus Oliver, Rodrigues & Cunha, 2011
Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinoidea : Lucinidae

Type Locality: TTR15, stn. AT569GR, El Arraiche Field, Mercantor mv, Gulf of Cadiz, NE Atlantic. 35°17.917’N 06°38.717’W, 358m, 25/07/2005, Dept. Biology Aviero University, Portugal

Paratype(s)
Psammotreta aurora Hanley, 1844
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Current name: Psammotreta psammotella (Lamarck, 1818)
Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinoidea : Tellinidae

Type Locality: Panama [Panama]

Paralectotype(s) (possible)
Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Current name: Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionoidea : Unionidae

Type Locality: River Avon, Wiltshire [United Kingdom]

Syntype(s)
Tellina balaustina Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Arcopella balaustina Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinoidea : Tellinidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Limecola balthica Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinoidea : Tellinidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Arca barbata Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Barbatia barbata Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Arcoida : Arcoidea : Arcidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Mytilus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Modiolus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytiloidea : Mytilidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Limopsis bassi Smith, 1885
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Limopsis bassi Smith, 1885
Bivalvia : Arcida : Limopsoidea : Limopsidae

Type Locality: Bass Strait. 38 fms. [Australia]

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Unio bhamaoensis Theobald, 1873
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Current name: Parreysia bhamaoensis Theobold, 1873
Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionoidea : Unionidae

Type Locality: prope Bhamo, regno Birmanico; necnon in Prome occidentali (Western Prome) Provinciâ Pegu [Myanmar]

Syntype(s) (possible)
Chama bicornis Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Chama bicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Venerida : Chamidae : Chamidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Tellina bimaculata Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Heterodonax bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinoidea : Psammobiidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Brachyodontes (Hormomya) blakeanus Melvill & Standen, 1914
Manchester Museum
Current name: Philobrya blakeanus (Melvill & Standen, 1914)
Bivalvia : Arcida : Limopsoidea : Philobryidae

Type Locality: Roy Cove, Falkland Islands [Falkland Islands (Malvinas)]

Lectotype
Grandidieria bloomeri Crowley, Pain & Woodward, 1964
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Current name: Coelatura hypsiprymna (Martens, 1897)
Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionoidea : Unionidae

Type Locality: Lake bed at Eccles Point, Nkata Bay, Lake Nyasa] [Malawi]

Paratype(s)
Grandidieria bloomeri F. R. Woodward, 1964
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Current name: Grandidieria bloomeri F. R. Woodward, 1965
Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionoidea : Unionidae

Type Locality: [Malawi]

Paratype(s)
Grandidieria bloomeri F. R. Woodward, 1964
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Current name: Grandidieria bloomeri F. R. Woodward, 1965
Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionoidea : Unionidae

Type Locality: [Malawi]

Paratype(s)
Venus borealis Linnaeus, 1767
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Lucinoma borealis Linnaeus, 1767
Bivalvia : Lucinoida : Lucinoidea : Lucinidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Bourdotia boschorum Dekker & Goud, 1994
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Bourdotia boschorum Dekker & Goud, 1994
Bivalvia : Veneroida : Lucinoidea : Lucinidae

Type Locality: Oman, Masirah Island, Sur Masirah, 20°25’N., 58°44’E, on sand flat at low tide. [Oman]

Holotype
Mactra boysii Montagu, 1803
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Current name: Abra alba (Wood, 1802)
Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinoidea : Semelidae

Type Locality: Sandwich in Kent; Studland; Salcombe; Bideford [United Kingdom]

Syntype(s)
Cuspidaria brucei Melvill & Standen, 1907
National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh
Current name: Cuspidaria undata (Verrill, 1884)
Bivalvia : Cuspidarioidea : Cuspidariidae

Type Locality: Lat., 39º 48' S., Long. 2º 33' E, 2645 fathoms

Syntype(s)
Tellina bruguieri Hanley, 1844
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Current name: Macalia bruguieri (Hanley, 1844)
Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinoidea : Tellinidae

Type Locality: Ilo-Ilo, isle of Panhay [Philippines]

Syntype(s)
Tindaria brunnea Dall, 1916
Manchester Museum
Current name: Neilonella brunnea Dall, 1916
Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanoidea : Neilonellidae

Type Locality: 'Albatross' station 3604, Bering Sea, in 1401 fathoms. [Midway between St Paul and Unmak Ids., Bering Sea]

Paratype(s)
Chama calyculata Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Cardita calyculata Linnaeus, 1758
Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditoidea : Carditidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Modiola (Lithodomus) canaliferus Hanley, 1843
Leeds Museums & Galleries
Current name: Leiosolenus canaliferus (Hanley, 1843)
Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytiloidea : Mytilidae

Type Locality: Hanley, 1844: Zebu, Philippine Islands. [Philippines]

Paralectotype(s)
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