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Monilea astolensis Melvill, 1901
1469500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1469500)
unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Monilea astrolabensis Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 15-16, pl. 7, fig. 21. [details]
page(s): 15-16, pl. 7, fig. 21. [details]
Nomenclature Name originally given as astrolabensis, and named after the type locality 'Astrolabe Island', error for Astola Island....
Nomenclature Name originally given as astrolabensis, and named after the type locality 'Astrolabe Island', error for Astola Island. Emendation considered invalid as there is nothing in the original description, with out recourse to external sources, to indicate that this is an inadvertant error (ICZN, Art 32.5.1). [details]
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(of Monilea astrolabensis Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 15-16, pl. 7, fig. 21. [details]
basis of record 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): 349.; note: Unjustified emendation of name from astrolabensis to astolensis. Named after type locality Astola Island. [details]
page(s): 15-16, pl. 7, fig. 21. [details]
basis of record 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): 349.; note: Unjustified emendation of name from astrolabensis to astolensis. Named after type locality Astola Island. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Name originally given as astrolabensis, and named after the type locality 'Astrolabe Island', error for Astola Island. Emendation considered invalid as there is nothing in the original description, with out recourse to external sources, to indicate that this is an inadvertant error (ICZN, Art 32.5.1). [details]
