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Terebra (Abretia) knockeri Smith 1872

  • 1. Curator of Marine Mollusca, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom.
  • 2. Scientific Associate, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom.

Description

Terebra (Abretia) knockeri Smith, 1872

Smith, 1872: 730, pl. 75, fig. 7.

Type locality: ‘Whydah’.

Label locality: ‘ Whydah, W. Africa’.

Collector: R.N. Knocker.

Presented: R.N. Knocker.

Type material: Lectotype NHMUK 1870.1.3.47/1 and 4 paralectotypes NHMUK 1870.1.3.47/2-5. Lectotype selection (Cernohorsky, 1969: 216).

Notes

Published as part of Salvador, Andreia & Pickering, Joan, 2017, Type catalogue of Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, U. K., pp. 101-142 in Zootaxa 4250 (2) on page 123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/450745

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK
Material sample ID
1870.1.3.47/1 , 1870.1.3.47/2-5
Scientific name authorship
Smith
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Terebridae
Genus
Terebra
Species
knockeri
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype , paralectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Terebra (Abretia) knockeri Smith, 1872 sec. Salvador & Pickering, 2017

References

  • Smith, E. A. (1872) A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1871, 727 - 739.
  • Cernohorsky, W. O. (1969) List of type specimens of Terebridae in the British Museum (Natural History). The Ueliger, 11 (3), 210 - 222.