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Eulima major G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
208409 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208409)
unaccepted
Species
Balcis thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1917) · unaccepted
Melanella thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917 · unaccepted
Melanella thaanumii [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, figs. 1, 1*, 1** [details]
page(s): 52, figs. 1, 1*, 1** [details]
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Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, figs. 1, 1*, 1** [details]
basis of record Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. <em>Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius.</em> [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 52, figs. 1, 1*, 1** [details]
basis of record Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. <em>Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius.</em> [details]
additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (from synonym Melanella thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Melanella thaanumi. Pilsbry, 1917. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 69 (2): 220, pl. 14, figs. 5, 5a - catalog no. 108471) (from synonym Melanella thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Melanella thaanumi. Pilsbry, 1917. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 69 (2): 220, pl. 14, figs. 5, 5a - catalog no. 108471) (from synonym Melanella thaanumi Pilsbry, 1917)
