MCZ Malacology 315666

Melania gloriosa Anthony, 1865

Syntype of Melania gloriosa

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2009-11-17

Asia: Myanmar | Pegu

Current Identification
Melania gloriosa Anthony, 1865
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Cerithioidea Pleuroceridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Anthony 1865, page 207, Syntype of Melania gloriosa Anthony, 1865 Pl. 18, fig. 2.
Köhler and Glaubrecht 2002, page 136, Voucher of Melania gloriosa Anthony, 1865 "probable type status"

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Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
reference Anthony, J.G. 1865. Amer. J Conch. 1: 207. Turner, R.D. 1946. OPM 1(8): 102. [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-10-18

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  • Label with spec. gives "Paratype" Type status quesitonable - possible Paralectotype.

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  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • Myanmar
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000108 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • Pegu
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Burma, Pegu
  • Georeference:
  • 17.3044050°, 96.4683050° (Error radius: 8425m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-10-30 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2009-11-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • John Gould Anthonylinked data icon

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