MCZ Malacology 279166

Chiton fosteri Bullock, 1972

Holotype of Chiton fosteri

Date Collected:

1961-02-16

Africa: Madagascar | Ankoalamare, 3miles S. E. of Ambodifototra, E. Coast, Ile Ste. Marie

Media type: image;   Malacology 279166 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Chiton fosteri Bullock, 1972 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Polyplacophora Neoloricata Chitonida Chitonina Chitonoidea Chitonidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Media type: text; Bullock 1972 Description: Notes on the genus Chiton in the western Indian Ocean (Mollusca: Polyplacophora);

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Shows Publication: Bullock 1972 Description: Notes on the genus Chiton in the western Indian Ocean (Mollusca: Polyplacophora)

  • malacology accession number: 1699
  • station number: FM-41

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) good in collection 0 History (5)
Remarks: Verified on shelf summer 2018.; Checked in drawer by MBaldinger, July 2022.
tissue (dry) good; specimen in parts in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-05-03
subsampled by=Nina Black   determined date=2023-04-24   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-05-03
reference Bullock, R. C. 1972. Occ. Pap. Moll. Harv. 3 (44): 245; pl. 44, figs. 6-9. [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-10-18

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Madagascar
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000173 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Ankoalamare, 3miles S. E. of Ambodifototra, E. Coast, Ile Ste. Marie
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Madagascar, Ankoalamare, 3miles S. E. of Ambodifototra, E. Coast, Ile Ste. Marie
  • Georeference:
  • -16.993921°, 49.8501110° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1961-02-16
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 16/Feb/1961
  • Collector:
  • Richard W. Foster

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Media type: text; Malacology 279151;  279152;  279153;  279154;  279155;  279156;  279157;  279158;  279159;  279160;  279161;  279162;  279163;  279164;  279165;  279166;  279167;  279168;  279169;  279170;  279171;  279172;  279173;  279174;  279175 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 278001-283000, pg.59;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:279151 Lepidozona clathrata to MCZ:Mal...

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