Sphaerium Melvill and Standen 1914
Creators: name: McGhie, Henry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Veneroida
Sphaeriidae
Sphaerium

description: <i>vallentinianum,</i> <i>Sphaerium</i> Melvill and Standen 1914: 132; pl. 7, figs. 3-3b. Herbert Stream, Roy Cove, on mud; also in large pond, Port North [Falkland Islands]. Figured syntype (original of fig. 3) EE.7911 and 3 syntypes EE.7912 [all Herbert Stream] {Vallentin}. <i>varia,</i> <i>Euonyma</i> Connolly 1910: 263; pl. 6, figs. 5-7. Transvaal, Pienaars Port; Pre-toria District; Potchefstroom; Zoutpansberg. Four paratypes EE.5398 {Spence ex Connolly]. <i>vaughani,</i> <i>Opisthosiphon</i> Bartsch 1946: 222, 230; pl. 37, fig. 1. Below Lisbon Creek, Mangrove Key, Bahamas. Six paratypes EE.3692 {Smithsonian Institution}. <i>velutinus,</i> <i>Homorus</i> Connolly 1931: 316; pl. 11, figs. 6-7 and text figs. 2-3. Uganda: North Bugisha District, Mt. Elgon, 7000-9000 feet. Two possible paratypes EE.5381 {Spence ex Hale Carpenter}. <i>versicolor,</i> <i>Odostomia</i> Melvill and Standen 1897a: 379; pl. 11, fig. 83. Loyalty Islands. Figured syntype EE.3795 and one possible syntype EE.8121 {Hadfield}. <i>versoverana,</i> <i>Rissoa</i> Melvill 1893: 61; pl. 1, fig. 15. <i>Nomen nudum</i> in Melvill and Abercrombie 1893: 35. Bombay. Nine syntypes EE.7913 {Abercrombie}. <i>villarensis,</i> <i>Urocoptis</i> Torre 1911: 42; pl. 4, figs. 1, 5. Central Cuba; El Purio, near Calabazar de Sagua and El Capiro, near Santa Clara, Province of Santa Clara. A locality also called “ Las “Villas”. One possible syntype EE.4620 {Spence ex Tomlin}. <i>violacea,</i> <i>Syrnola</i> Melvill and Standen 1896: 304; pl. 11, fig. 59. Loyalty Islands. Figured syntype EE.3796 and 2 possible syntypes EE.8119 {Hadfield}. <i>viperidens,</i> <i>Cadulus</i> Melvill and Standen 1896: 314; pl. 11, fig. 79. Loyalty Islands. Figured syntype EE.3797 {Hadfield}. <b>W</b> <i>waterstoni,</i> <i>Anodonta</i> Tomlin 1923: 68; 2 text figs. Lake Beschik [Salonika]. Three paratypes (single valves) EE.7914 {Tomlin ex Waterston}. <i>whartoni,</i> <i>Limnaea</i> Jones and Preston 1904: 142; text fig. 1. Liu Shi Tao, north-east promontory of Shantung. One syntype EE.7920 {Jones}. <i>wildemanni,</i> <i>Achatina</i> Dautzenberg 1908. Kasai, Manghay. One syntype EE.5507 {Spence ex Connolly}. See also Pilsbry 1919 regarding type locality. <i>williamsi,</i> <i>Olivella</i> Melvill and Standen 1897a: 380; 2 text figs. Loyalty Islands. Figured syntype EE.3798 {Hadfield}. <i>woodhousei,</i> <i>Homorus</i> Connolly 1923a: 352; pl. 1, fig. 9. Uganda, Mt. Elgon. Six syntypes (with egg) EE.5438 and one syntype (with 3 eggs) EE.5435 {Spence ex Kennard ex Woodhouse}. <i>worcesteri,</i> <i>Cochlostyla</i> Bartsch 1909: 295; pl. 29, figs. 14, 16. Bantayan Island [off N.W. coast of Cebu, Philippines]. Six paratypes EE.3679 {Smithsonian Institution}. <b>X</b> <i>xanthoporphyria, Drillia</i> Melvill and Standen 1896: 278; pl. 9, fig. 11. Loyalty Islands. Holotype EE.3799 {Hadfield}. Holotype refigured in Kilburn 1994: fig. 86, and referred to as holotype (p. 223). <i>xenophyes,</i> <i>Turbonilla</i> Melvill and Standen 1912: 353; pl. 7, figs. 16, 16a. Trawl, Burdwood Bank, south of the Falkland Islands, 56 fathoms. Station 346 [lat. 54° 25’S., long. 57°32’W.]. Four syntypes EE.7921 {SNAE}. <i>xuthedra,</i> <i>Ricinula (Sistrum)</i> Melvill 1893: 55; pl. 1, fig. 4. <i>Nomen nudum</i> in Melvill and Abercrombie 1893: 31. Ratnagiri. Two syntypes EE.7922 {Abercrombie}. <b>Y</b>
description: Published as part of <i>McGhie, Henry, 2008, Catalogue of type specimens of molluscs in the collection of The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, UK, pp. 1-46 in ZooKeys 4 (4)</i> on pages 33-35, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.4.32, http://zenodo.org/record/576421
description: {"references": ["Melvill JC, Standen R (1914) Notes on Mollusca collected in the North-West Falklands by Mr. Rupert Vallentin, F. L. S., with descriptions of six new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8 th series) 13: 110 - 136; pl. 7.", "Connolly M (1910) A survey of the South-African Stenogyrinae, with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8 th series) 6: 249 - 272; pl. 6 and one text fig.", "Bartsch P (1946) The operculate land mollusks of the family Annulariidae of the Island of Hispaniola and the Bahama Archipelago. United States National Museum Bulletin No. 192 (264 pp., 38 pls.).", "Connolly M (1931) Descriptions of new non-marine Mollusca from North, South, and Central Africa, with notes on other species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10 th series) 8: 305 - 338; pls. 10 - 13 and 7 text figs.", "Melvill JC, Standen R (1897 a) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Reverend and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part 2 (continued). Journal of Conchology 8: 379 - 381; pl. 11.", "Melvill JC, Abercrombie A (1893) The Marine Mollusca of Bombay. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (4 th series) 7: 17 - 51.", "Torre C de la (1911) New Cuban Urocoptidae. Nautilus 25: 42 - 48, 75 - 79; pls 4 - 7.", "Melvill JC, Standen R (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part 2. Journal of Conchology 8: 273 - 315; pls. 9 - 11, issued in Melvill and Standen 1897 a.", "Tomlin JR le B (1923) List of a small collection mainly from Salonika, with description of a new Anodonta. Journal of Conchology 17: 68 - 69; 2 text figs.", "Jones KH, Preston HB (1904) List of Mollusca collected during the commission of H. M. S. \" Waterwitch \" in the China Seas, 1900 - 1903, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 138 - 151; text figs.", "Pilsbry HA (1919) A review of the land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1900 - 1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History No. 40 (380 pp., 23 pls., 163 figs.).", "Connolly M (1923 a) Notes on African non-marine Mollusca, with descriptions of many new species (cont.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9 th series) 11: 345 - 362; pl. 1 and 3 text figs.", "Bartsch P (1909) Four new land shells from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37: 295 - 300; pl. 29.", "Kilburn RN (1994) Turridae [s. l.] (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Crassispirinae, section 2. Annals of the Natal Museum 35: 177 - 228; figs. 78 - 95.", "Melvill JC, Standen R (1912) The marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 48 (2): 333 - 366; pl. 7."]}