Type Specimens | Mollusca Types in Britain & Ireland
Type Specimens
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    [0] => "Deakin" Cumberland & F. R. Woodward
    [1] => "Deb. in sc." Westerlund
    [2] => (Strebel MS) Melvill & Standen
    [3] => [Baird, or Gray]
    [4] => [Benson] G. B. Sowerby 2nd
    [5] => [Hanley] Reeve
    [6] => A. Adams
    [7] => A. Adams & Angas
    [8] => A. Adams & Reeve
    [9] => A. H. Cooke
    [10] => Aartsen & S. M. Smith
    [11] => Aguayo & Jaume
    [12] => Alder
    [13] => Alder & Hancock
    [14] => Alder in Forbes & Hanley
    [15] => Alder in Thompson
    [16] => Allcock, Hochberg, Rodhouse & J. Thorpe
    [17] => Ancey
    [18] => Ancey & Sykes in Ancey
    [19] => Ancey in Bavay & Dautzenberg
    [20] => Ancey in Garrett
    [21] => Ancey in Pilsbry
    [22] => Ancey in Vignon
    [23] => Ancey in Westerlund
    [24] => Anderson
    [25] => Angas
    [26] => Anthony
    [27] => Arango
    [28] => Ashby
    [29] => B. B. Woodward
    [30] => B. H. Wright
    [31] => Ball
    [32] => Barry & McCormack
    [33] => Bartsch
    [34] => Bavay
    [35] => Bavay & Dautzenburg
    [36] => Bean
    [37] => Bean in C. Thorpe
    [38] => Benson
    [39] => Bernardi
    [40] => Biggs
    [41] => Bloomer
    [42] => Bouchet & Warén
    [43] => Bourguignat
    [44] => Bourne
    [45] => Boury
    [46] => Bowell
    [47] => Boyer, Neefs & Wakefield
    [48] => Broderip
    [49] => Broderip in Broderip & G. B. Sowerby 1st
    [50] => Brown
    [51] => Brown & Verdcourt
    [52] => Brown & Weil (Boury mss.)
    [53] => Bullen
    [54] => Burch & Burch
    [55] => Burnup
    [56] => C. B. Adams
    [57] => C. Chen, Linse, Copley & A. D. Rogers
    [58] => C. Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & A. D. Rogers
    [59] => C. Chen, Linse, Roterman, Copley & A.D. Rogers
    [60] => Carpenter
    [61] => Cate
    [62] => Caudwell, A. M. Jones & Killeen
    [63] => Caziot
    [64] => Chaper
    [65] => Chaster
    [66] => Chen, Linse, Copley & Rogers
    [67] => Chesney & Oliver
    [68] => Clench
    [69] => Clench & Aguayo
    [70] => Clessin
    [71] => Clover
    [72] => Coles & Nekola
    [73] => Collier
    [74] => Collinge
    [75] => Connolly
    [76] => Cooper & Preston
    [77] => Craven
    [78] => Crosse
    [79] => Crosse & P. Fischer
    [80] => Crowley
    [81] => Crowley & Pain
    [82] => Crowley, Pain & F. R. Woodward
    [83] => Dall
    [84] => Dance
    [85] => Dance, Moolenbeek & Dekker
    [86] => Dautzenberg
    [87] => de Folin
    [88] => de la Torre & Clench
    [89] => de Mattia & Neiber
    [90] => de Mattia, Neiber & Groh
    [91] => Dean
    [92] => Dekker & Goud
    [93] => Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance
    [94] => Deschamps
    [95] => Dillwyn
    [96] => Drouët
    [97] => Drouet & Chaper
    [98] => Dunker
    [99] => Dupuis & Putzeys
    [100] => E. A. Smith
    [101] => E. P. Wright
    [102] => E. R. Sykes
    [103] => E. T. Higgins
    [104] => E. von Martens
    [105] => Edmunds
    [106] => Edmunds & Preece
    [107] => Eisenhut & Salvini-Plawen
    [108] => Eliot
    [109] => Engl
    [110] => Evans
    [111] => F. G. Thompson & Dance
    [112] => F. Haas
    [113] => F. R. Woodward
    [114] => Farran
    [115] => Forbes
    [116] => Forbes & Hanley
    [117] => Ford
    [118] => Fraussen, McKay and Drewery
    [119] => Fulton
    [120] => G. B. Sowerby 1st
    [121] => G. B. Sowerby 2nd
    [122] => G. B. Sowerby 3rd
    [123] => G. Haas
    [124] => G. Nevill & H. Nevill
    [125] => Gaskoin
    [126] => Gassies
    [127] => Gerlach
    [128] => Gerlach & van Bruggen
    [129] => Geyer
    [130] => Gittenberger
    [131] => Gittenberger & Boeters
    [132] => Gittenberger & Goud
    [133] => Glover & Taylor
    [134] => Gmelin
    [135] => Godwin-Austen
    [136] => Goodrich
    [137] => Gray
    [138] => Gray in G. B. Sowerby 2nd
    [139] => Gredler
    [140] => Grimpe
    [141] => Gude
    [142] => Gyngell
    [143] => H. Adams
    [144] => H. H. Higgins & Marrat
    [145] => H. K. Jordan
    [146] => H. Rolle
    [147] => Hanley
    [148] => Hanley & Theobald
    [149] => Harvey
    [150] => Hedley
    [151] => Hemphill in Binney
    [152] => Hervier
    [153] => Heude
    [154] => Holyoak & Seddon
    [155] => Holyoak, Holyoak, Gόmez Moliner & Chueca
    [156] => Houart
    [157] => Hoyle
    [158] => I. Lea
    [159] => Iredale
    [160] => Iredale in Melvill & Standen
    [161] => Issel
    [162] => J. Adams in-Montagu
    [163] => J. B. Henderson & C. T. Simpson
    [164] => J. G. Cooper
    [165] => J. Henderson
    [166] => J. Henderson & Daniels
    [167] => J. S. Miller
    [168] => J. W. Jackson
    [169] => J. W. Williams
    [170] => Jeffreys
    [171] => Jenyns
    [172] => Jordan
    [173] => K. H. Jones & Preston
    [174] => Kennard
    [175] => Kennard & B. B. Woodward
    [176] => Kiener
    [177] => Killeen & J.A. Turner
    [178] => Killeen & Oliver
    [179] => King
    [180] => Kobelt
    [181] => Lancaster
    [182] => Layard
    [183] => Linnaeus
    [184] => Lowe
    [185] => Marie
    [186] => Marrat
    [187] => Marshall
    [188] => Marshall in Warren
    [189] => Martyn
    [190] => Massy
    [191] => Maynard
    [192] => Maynard & N. A. Clapp
    [193] => Maynard & N. A. Clapp in Maynard
    [194] => Melvill
    [195] => Melvill & Ponsonby
    [196] => Melvill & Standen
    [197] => Melvill & Sykes
    [198] => Melvill in Tryon
    [199] => Möllendorff
    [200] => Montagu
    [201] => Monterosato
    [202] => Monterosato ex H. Martin ms
    [203] => Moolenbeek & Dance
    [204] => Moore
    [205] => Morelet
    [206] => Morelet & H. Drouët
    [207] => Moricand
    [208] => Morrison
    [209] => Naegele
    [210] => Neubert
    [211] => Newcomb
    [212] => Noronha
    [213] => O. Boettger
    [214] => O. F. Müller
    [215] => Oliver
    [216] => Oliver & Abou-Zeid
    [217] => Oliver & Chesney
    [218] => Oliver & Drewery
    [219] => Oliver & Glover
    [220] => Oliver & Holmes
    [221] => Oliver & Levin
    [222] => Oliver & Lutzen
    [223] => Oliver & Picken
    [224] => Oliver & Taylor
    [225] => Oliver & Vestheim
    [226] => Oliver & Zuschin
    [227] => Oliver, Rodrigues & Cunha
    [228] => Oliver, Salvi & Al-Kandari
    [229] => Overton
    [230] => P. P. Carpenter
    [231] => Pain
    [232] => Pain & Paul
    [233] => Paiva
    [234] => Pallary
    [235] => Partridge
    [236] => Pease
    [237] => Peile
    [238] => Pfaffer, Rowson, Tattersfield & Neubert
    [239] => Pfeiffer
    [240] => Phillips
    [241] => Picton & Brown
    [242] => Pilsbry
    [243] => Pilsbry & Ferriss
    [244] => Pilsbry & Frierson
    [245] => Pilsbry & Hinkley
    [246] => Pilsbry & J. B. Henderson
    [247] => Pilsbry & Y. Hirase
    [248] => Ponder
    [249] => Powell
    [250] => Preece & Gittenberger
    [251] => Preston
    [252] => Preston in Germain
    [253] => Pulteney
    [254] => Putzeys
    [255] => R. H. Beddome
    [256] => Ramsden
    [257] => Reeve
    [258] => Rehder
    [259] => Reidel & Norris
    [260] => Robson
    [261] => Rodrigues, Oliver & Cunha
    [262] => Rowson
    [263] => Rowson & Symondson
    [264] => Rowson & Tattersfield
    [265] => Rowson & Van Goethem
    [266] => Salisbury
    [267] => Salvini-Plawen
    [268] => Schander, Ivanov & Mikkelsen
    [269] => Scharff
    [270] => Schilder
    [271] => Schlesch
    [272] => Schwabe
    [273] => Seddon
    [274] => Seddon & Aparicio
    [275] => Seddon & Killeen
    [276] => Shackleford & Spence
    [277] => Simroth
    [278] => Smythe & Oliver
    [279] => Spence
    [280] => Stelfox
    [281] => Sterki
    [282] => Strebel
    [283] => Stutchbury
    [284] => Swainson
    [285] => Swainson in G. B. Sowerby 1st
    [286] => Sykes
    [287] => T. Brown
    [288] => T. Hutton
    [289] => T. Whitehead
    [290] => Tattersfield
    [291] => Tattersfield & Rowson
    [292] => Taylor
    [293] => Taylor & Glover
    [294] => Theobald
    [295] => Thiele
    [296] => Tiberi
    [297] => Tomlin
    [298] => Tomlin & Peile
    [299] => Tomlin & Shackleford
    [300] => Torre
    [301] => Torre & Bartsch
    [302] => Torre & Clench
    [303] => Torre & Ramsden in Ramsden
    [304] => van Aartsen & Carrozza
    [305] => Verdcourt
    [306] => Vermeulen
    [307] => von Cosel
    [308] => von Martens
    [309] => W. Bean
    [310] => W. F. Clapp
    [311] => W. H. Turton
    [312] => W. Thompson
    [313] => W. Turton
    [314] => W.H. Benson
    [315] => W.J. Clench & R.D. Turner
    [316] => Walker
    [317] => Waren & S. M. Smith
    [318] => Watson
    [319] => Westerlund
    [320] => Wheeler
    [321] => Wilson
    [322] => Wollaston
    [323] => Zelaya & Geiger
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Bittium abruptum Watson, 1880
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Metaxia abrupta Watson, 1880
Gastropoda : Triphoroidea : Triphoridae

Type Locality: Fayal, Azores. 450 - 500 fms.

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Nassa abyssinica Marrat, 1877
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Nassarius sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852)
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinoidea : Nassariidae

Type Locality: Abyssinia [Ethiopia]

Lectotype & Paralectotype(s)
Nassa abyssinica Marrat, 1877
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Nassarius sinusigerus Adams, 1852
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinoidea : Nassariidae

Type Locality:

Paralectotype(s)
Strophia accuminator Maynard & N. A. Clapp in Maynard, 1920
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: To be confirmed

Type Locality: acuminata Mayn. Long Key, Bahamas [Bahamas]

Syntype(s)
Menestho acuminata Preston, 1908
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Menestho acuminata Preston, 1908
Gastropoda : Pyramidelloidea : Pyramidellidae

Type Locality: Andamans [India]

Syntype(s)
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)
Nassa acutangula Marrat, 1877
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Nassarius mendicus (Gould, 1850)
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinoidea : Nassariidae

Type Locality: No locality given in paper.

Holotype
Nassa adamsiana Marrat, 1880
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Nassarius albescens Dunker, 1846
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinoidea : Nassariidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s)
Ledoulxia adjacens Preston, 1914
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Trochonanina levistriata (Preston, 1913)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Helicina : Helicarionoidea : Urocyclidae

Type Locality: Martensia [then under that a note in ink which says] Martensia [then label resumes in pencil] adjacens Preston Co - types Mt. Kenango Aberdare Range British East Africa [pencil annotation] 621 [Kenya]

Syntype(s)
Melania (Sermyla) admirabilis E. A. Smith, 1880
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Melanoides admirabilis Smith, 1880
Gastropoda : Cerithiopsoidea : Thiaridae

Type Locality: Central Africa

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Scissurella aedonia Watson, 1886
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Anatoma aedonia (R. B. Watson, 1886)
Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Scissurelloidea : Anatomidae

Type Locality: [accession register entry] St. 122. Sep. 10 / 73. Off Pernambuca. 350 fms. Dry. Ex "Challenger" Coll. G42

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Trochus (Margarita) aeglees Watson, 1879
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Calliotropis aeglees Watson, 1879
Gastropoda : Seguenziida : Seguenzioidea : Eucyclidae

Type Locality: [accession register entry] St. 24. Mar 25 / 73. Off Culebra I., W. Indies. 390 fms. Dry. Ex "Challenger" Coll. G38 [Puerto Rico]

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Nassa aethiopica Marrat, 1873
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Nassarius aethiopicus Marrat, 1873
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinoidea : Nassariidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (missing)
Oliva affinis Marrat, 1871
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Olivella semistriata (J. E. Gray, 1839)
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olivoidea : Olividae

Type Locality: Acapulco [Mexico]

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

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (missing)
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)
Oliva alba Marrat, 1871
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Olivella alba (Marrat, 1871)
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olivoidea : Olividae

Type Locality: Guatemala [Guatemala]

Syntype(s) (figured) (possible)
Strophia albicostata Maynard, 1924
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: To be confirmed

Type Locality: Long Key, S.E. of Highborn Key Bahamas [Bahamas]

Syntype(s)
Limnaea glabra var. albida J. W. Jackson, 1918
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: To be confirmed

Type Locality:

Syntype(s)
Planorbis vortex var. albida J. W. Jackson, 1918
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: To be confirmed

Type Locality: Drains near R. Cam Cambridge [United Kingdom]

Syntype(s)
Strophiops albolabra Maynard & N. A. Clapp in Maynard, 1921
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: To be confirmed

Type Locality: Gt. Harbour Key, Bah.

Paralectotype(s)
Phyllaplysia albomaculata Farran, 1905
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Petalifera albomaculata (Farran, 1905)
Gastropoda : Aplysiida : Aplysioidea : Aplysiidae

Type Locality:

Holotype (possible) (lost)
Cypraea pantherina var. albonitens Melvill, 1888
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: To be confirmed

Type Locality: Red Sea

Syntype(s) (possible)
Alaba (Diala) albugo Watson, 1886
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Diala albugo Watson, 1886
Gastropoda : Cerithioidea : Dialidae

Type Locality:

Paralectotype(s) (possible) (lost)
Ferussacia algerica Pallary, 1918
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Ferussacia algerica
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Ferussaciidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible) (ex author)
Limicolaria alhiensis Preston, 1912
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Limicolaria martensiana catharia Dall, 1910
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Achatinoidea : Achatinidae

Type Locality: Alhi Plains Brit. E. Africa [Kenya]

Paralectotype(s)
Mangilia aliciae Melvill & Standen, 1896
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Etrema aliciae Melvill & Standen, 1895
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conoidea : Clathurellidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
Mangilia aliciae Melvill & Standen
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Etrema aliciae Melvill & Standen, 1895
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conoidea : Clathurellidae

Type Locality: Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Marginella (Glabella) alta Watson, 1886
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Dentimargo altus Watson, 1886
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : [unassigned] Neogastropoda : Marginellidae

Type Locality: St. 185b

Syntype(s) (possible)
Oliva (Olivella) amblia Watson, 1882
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Olivella amblia Watson, 1882
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olivoidea : Olividae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
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)
Circe angasi E. A. 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 & P. Fischer, 1864
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Offadesma angasi Crosse & Fischer, 1864
Bivalvia : Thracioidea : Periplomatidae

Type Locality:

Type(s) (possible)
Voluta angasii G. B. Sowerby 2nd, 1866
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Amoria undulata Lamarck, 1804
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutoidea : Volutidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Neocardia angulata G. B. Sowerby 3rd, 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)
Oliva angustata Marrat, 1868
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Oliva vidua (Röding, 1798)
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olivoidea : Olividae

Type Locality: China [China]

Syntype(s) (figured)
Opeas angustior Preston, 1911
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Streptostele angustior (Preston, 1911)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Achatinina : Streptaxoidea : Streptaxidae

Type Locality: Rumruti Laikipia Plateau 6000 ft [ pencil annotation number I cannot read, I. Wallace 10.7.2001] [Kenya]

Paralectotype(s)
Cyclostrema annellarium Melvill & Standen, 1903
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Cyclostrema archeri Tyron, 1888
Gastropoda : Trochida : Trochoidea : Liotiidae

Type Locality: Gulf of Oman 156 fs.

Syntype(s) (possible)
Oliva annotata Marrat, 1871
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Agaronia annotata (Marrat, 1871)
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olivoidea : Olividae

Type Locality: Sierra Leone [Sierra Leone]

Syntype(s) (figured)
Plectopylis anterides Gude, 1909
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Gudeodiscus phlyarius Mabille, 1887
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Plectopyloidea : Plectopylidae

Type Locality: Pac-Kha Tonkin (Co - type) [Viet Nam]

Paratype(s) (possible)
Buliminus (Ovella) fusco-apicata E. A. Smith, 1900
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: To be confirmed

Type Locality: Abd-el-Kuri [Yemen]

Syntype(s) (lost)
Polypus arborescens Hoyle, 1904
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Octopus arborescens (Hoyle, 1904)
Cephalopoda : Octopoda : Incirrata : Octopodoidea : Octopodidae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible) (lost)
Strophia arbusta Maynard & N. A. Clapp in Maynard, 1921
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: To be confirmed

Type Locality: Guana Key, Bah. [Bahamas]

Syntype(s)
Oliva arctata Marrat, 1871
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Oliva pacifica Marrat, 1870
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olivoidea : Olividae

Type Locality: China Seas

Lectotype
Nassa argentea Marrat, 1877
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Nassarius argenteus (Marrat, 1877)
Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinoidea : Nassariidae

Type Locality: Whydah, West Africa [Benin]

Lectotype & Paralectotype(s)
Strophia argentia Maynard, 1913
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: To be confirmed

Type Locality: Silver Key, New Providence, Bah. [Bahamas]

Syntype(s)
Clausilia artifina Heude, 1885
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Formosana artifina (Heude, 1885)
Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Helicina : Clausilioidea : Clausiliidae

Type Locality: Tchenkow Szechuan [China]

Paralectotype(s) (possible)
Triforis atlantica E. A. Smith, 1890
National Museums Liverpool
Current name: Triphora atlantica Smith, 1890
Gastropoda : Triphoroidea : Triphoridae

Type Locality:

Syntype(s) (possible)
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