WoRMS name details
Mitra (Pusia) blanfordi Melvill & Standen, 1901
1392948 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1392948)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
Mitra (Pusia) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Pusia Swainson, 1840
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 423, pl. 23, fig. 19 [details]
page(s): 423, pl. 23, fig. 19 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Oman
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mitra (Pusia) blanfordi Melvill & Standen, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1392948 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 423, pl. 23, fig. 19 [details]
page(s): 423, pl. 23, fig. 19 [details]
Other
additional source
Salisbury, R. A. & Gori, S. (2019). Six new Volutomitridae species from the Arabian seas and transfer of two Costellariidae species to Volutomitridae (Gastropoda: Volutomitridae). <em>Acta Conchyliorum.</em> 18: 103-124.
page(s): fig. 1; note: lectotype illustrated [details]
page(s): fig. 1; note: lectotype illustrated [details]




