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1903.12.15.78-79

Classification
Scientific name: Scissurella aetheria Melvill & Standen, 1903
Author: Melvill & Standen, 1903
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Scissurellidae
Genus: Scissurella
Species: aetheria
Higher classification: Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Vetigastropoda; Lepetellida; Scissurelloidea; Scissurellidae
Location
Water body: Gulf of Oman
Minimum depth(m): 285
Collection event
Recorded by: Captain Frederick W. Townsend
Sampling protocol: dredged
Identification
Type status: LECTOTYPE AND PARALECTOTYPES
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Scissurella aetheria Melvill & Standen, 1903
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1903.12.15.78-79
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mollusca
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:2490938
Registration code: MO15
Kind of object: Shell only
Donor name: George Brettingham Sowerby III
Kind of collection: Dry
Individual count: 2
Zoology
Barcode: 011338048
Record
Occurrence ID: fcc2c59a-ad47-4321-b36f-39487256bfc7
Modified: 2021-05-04T15:16:12+00:00
Created: 2012-09-19T12:17:36+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2012-09-19T12:17:36+00:00
Last updated 2021-05-04T15:16:12+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb