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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Keyword: Littorinimorpha First Prev Records 1 - 50 of 275 Next Last
Microtheca acidalia Melvill & Standen, 1899
Manchester Museum
Current name: Pseudoliotia acidalia Melvill & Standen, 1899
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Truncatelloidea : Tornidae

Type Locality: Torres Straits

Syntype(s)
Chondropoma (Chondropoma) glabratum acklinsense Bartsch, 1946
Manchester Museum
Current name: Chondropoma glabratum Reeve, 1863
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Annulariidae

Type Locality: Jamaica Bay [Acklin Island, Bahamas] [Bahamas]

Paratype(s)
Paludestrina jenkinsi var. aculeata Overton, 1905
Birmingham Museums Trust
Current name: Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Truncatelloidea : Tateidae

Type Locality: [United Kingdom]

Syntype(s)
Pachydrobia spinosa var. acuminata Ancey, 1882
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Pachydrobia spinosa Poirier, 1881
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Truncatelloidea : Pomatiopsidae

Type Locality: Cambodge [Dr Harmand] [Cambodia]

Syntype(s) (possible)
Vitrella quenstedti var. acuta Geyer, 1904
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Bythiospeum acicula Held, 1838
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Truncatelloidea : Hydrobiidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible) (ex author) (lost)
Eulima adamantina de Folin, 1867
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Melanella adamantina de Folin, 1867
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Eulimoidea : Eulimidae

Type Locality: No locality given in paper [Panama]

Syntype(s)
Trivia affinis Marrat, 1867
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Purpurcapsula corinneae Shaw, 1909
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Triviidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (missing)
Rissoa amblia Watson, 1886
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Pusillina amblia Watson, 1886
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissooidea : Rissoidae

Type Locality: [accession register entry] St. 85. July 73. Off Palma I. Canary Is. 1125 fms. Dry. Ex "Challenger" Coll. [Spain]

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality: locality unknwon but possibly Hawaiian Archipelago [United States of America]

Holotype (possible)
Cyclostoma andrewsae Ancey, 1886
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Tudorisca andrewsae Ancey, 1886
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Littorinoidea : Annulariidae

Type Locality: Île d’Utilla, République du Honduras [Honduras]

Syntype(s)
Cypraea angelicae Clover, 1974
Manchester Museum
Current name: Zonaria pyrum angelicae (Clover, 1974)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality: trawled in sand and mud from 50-80 fathoms, 35-40 miles off Bissau, Portugese Guinea

Holotype
Cypraea annulus Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Monetaria annulus Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality:

Lectotype & Paralectotype(s)
Rissoina (Zebina) applanata Melvill, 1893
Manchester Museum
Current name: Rissoina (Zebina) applanata Melvill, 1893
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissooidea : Rissoinidae

Type Locality: Bombay [India]

Syntype(s)
Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Mauritia arabica Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality:

Lectotype & Paralectotype(s)
Trivia arctica Pulteney, 1799
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Current name: Trivia arctica (Pulteney, 1799)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Velutinoidea : Triviidae

Type Locality:

(Non-type material)
Serpula arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Thylacodes arenarius Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vermetoidea : Vermetidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Buccinum areola Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Phalium areola Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Tonnoidea : Cassidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s)
Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Arestorides argus Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality:

Lectotype
Cypraea asellus Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Palmadusta asellus Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality:

Neotype
Littorina sitkana atkana Dall, 1886
Manchester Museum
Current name: Litorina (Atkana) litorina sitkana (Philippi, 1846)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Littorinoidea : Littorinidae

Type Locality: Bering Island

Syntype(s)
Assimania aurifera Preston, 1912
Manchester Museum
Current name: Assiminea aurifera Preston, 1912
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Truncatelloidea : Assimineidae

Type Locality: Gazi, British East Africa

Syntype(s)
Turbo auriscalpium Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Rissoa auriscalpium Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissooidea : Rissoidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Strombus aurisdianae Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Euprotomus aurisdianae Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Stromboidea : Strombidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Eulima australasiaca Melvill & Standen, 1899
Manchester Museum
Current name: Eulima australasiaca Melvill & Standen, 1899
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vanikoroidea : Eulimidae

Type Locality: Torres Straits [vide p.150]

Syntype(s)
Cyclostoma betsileoense var. b E. A. Smith, 1882
Birmingham Museums Trust
Current name: Tropidophora betsileoensis (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Littorinoidea : Pomatiidae

Type Locality: Betsileo, Madagascar [Madagascar]

Syntype(s) (possible)
Rissoa (Scrobs) badia Watson, 1886
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Amphithalamus jacksoni Brazier, 1895
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Truncatelloidea : Anabathridae

Type Locality: [accession register entry] Ap./ 74. Port Jackson, Sydney. 2 - 10 fms. Dry. Ex "Challenger" Coll. G135 [Australia]

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Tropidophora balfouri Godwin-Austen, 1881
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Current name: Tropidophora balfouri Godwin-Austen, 1881
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Littorinoidea : Pomatiidae

Type Locality: on limestone ridge to the S.W. of Gollonsir village’ [Yemen]

Syntype(s)
Sconsia barbudensis Higgins & Marrat, 1877
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Sconsia grayi A. Adams, 1855
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Tonnoidea : Cassidae

Type Locality: Barbuda "Argo" Expedition. Dredged by the "Argo" Expedition (1876) in 15 fms off the Island of Barbuda [Barbuda]

Holotype
Cyclostoma betsileoense E. A. Smith, 1882
Birmingham Museums Trust
Current name: Tropidophora betsileoensis (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Littorinoidea : Pomatiidae

Type Locality: Betsileo, Madagascar [Madagascar]

Syntype(s)
Vitrinella bifrontia P. P. Carpenter, 1857
Scarborough Museums & Galleries
Current name: Cyclostremiscus bifrontia (Carpenter, 1857)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Truncatelloidea : Tornidae

Type Locality: Mazatlan [Mexico]

Syntype(s) (possible)
Eulima bilineata Alder, 1848
Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle
Current name: Eulima bilineata Alder, 1848
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vanikoroidea : Eulimidae

Type Locality: [United Kingdom]

Syntype(s)
Bulla birostris Linnaeus, 1767
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Phenacovolva birostris Linnaeus, 1767
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Ovulidae

Type Locality:

Lectotype
Mucronalia birtsi Preston, 1904
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Stilifer birtsi Preston, 1904
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vanikoroidea : Eulimidae

Type Locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]

Syntype(s)
Fusceulima boscheineni Engl, 1998
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Fusceulima boscheineni Engl, 1998
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Eulimoidea : Eulimidae

Type Locality: Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Canary Islands [Portugal]

Paratype(s)
Turbo bryereus Montagu, 1803
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Current name: Schwartziella bryerea (Montagu, 1803)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissooidea : Zebinidae

Type Locality: "Weymouth" ? [United Kingdom]

Lectotype
Cypraea bullata Montagu, 1803
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Current name: Trivia arctica (Pulteney, 1799)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Velutinoidea : Triviidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s)
Natica caffra Marrat, 1877
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Natica caffra Marrat, 1877
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticoidea : Naticidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (missing)
Cypraea caurica var. cairnsiana Melvill & Standen, 1904
Manchester Museum
Current name: Cypraea caurica Melvill & Standen, 1904
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality: Karachi [Pakistan]

Syntype(s)
Cypraea ocellata var. calophthalma Melvill, 1888
Manchester Museum
Current name: Cypraea ocellata var. calophthalma Melvill, 1888
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]

Holotype
Bulla canaliculata Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Tonna canaliculata Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Tonnoidea : Tonnidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s)
Strombus canarium Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Laevistrombus canarium Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Stromboidea : Strombidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Venus cancellata Linnaeus, 1767
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Chione cancellata Linnaeus, 1767
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Tonnoidea : Veneridae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Eulima candida Marrat, 1880
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Melanella martinii Adams in Sowerby, 1854
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vanikoroidea : Eulimidae

Type Locality:

Holotype (lost)
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Monetaria caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality:

Lectotype
Cypraea carneola Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Lyncina carneola Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality:

Neotype
Cyclostoma carnicolor Ancey, 1902
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Current name: Cyclostoma carnicolor Ancey, 1902
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Littorinoidea : Pomatiidae

Type Locality: Andrahomana [Sikora] (‘Madagascar’ in the title) [Madagascar]

Syntype(s)
Rissoina catholica Melvill & Standen, 1896
Manchester Museum
Current name: Rissoina catholica Melvill & Standen, 1896
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rissooidea : Rissoinidae

Type Locality: Loyalty Islands (from the title) [New Caledonia]

Syntype(s) (figured)
Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Erronea caurica Linnaeus, 1758
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality:

Neotype
Cypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771
The Linnean Society of London
Current name: Macrocypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeoidea : Cypraeidae

Type Locality:

Lectotype
Barleeia chasteri Melvill & Standen, 1895
Manchester Museum
Current name: Pisinna chasteri (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Truncatelloidea : Anabathridae

Type Locality: Lifu, in shell-sand [New Caledonia (France)]

Syntype(s) (figured) (possible)
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