MCZ Malacology 74107

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 cited as paralectotype

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Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 3 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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  • Original label gives "the most advanced specimen I have seen - much older than the one I had figured as type specimen - I adopt this as a type now - JGA" Second label gives "Paratype"

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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:
  • William Theobald, Jr.

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Media type: text; Malacology 74101;  74102;  74103;  74104;  74105;  74106;  74107;  74108;  74109;  74110;  74111;  74112;  74113;  74114;  74115;  74116;  74117;  74118;  74119;  74120;  74121;  74122;  74123;  74124;  74125 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 072001-078000, pg.85;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:74101 Spondylus gussoni to MCZ:Mala:74...

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