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Name

da Costa, E. M. (1770–1771). Conchology, or natural history of shells. London. 26 pp., 12 pls. [an unfinished anonymous publication, often attributed to Humphrey].

SourceID

164427

Authors

da Costa, E. M.

Year

1770–1771

Title

<i>Conchology, or natural history of shells</i>. London. 26 pp., 12 pls. [an unfinished anonymous publication, often attributed to Humphrey]

Type

Publication

Link

https://books.google.com/books/about/Conchology_or_Natural_history_of_shells.html?id=y7IW2NmuDyAC

Note

For authorship and nomenclatural (un)availability, see Petit, R.E., 2013, Emanuel Mendes da Costa's Conchology, or natural history of shells, a non-binominal work. Conchologia Ingrata, 14: 1-3. https://conchologia.com/

Full text

DaCostaOrACollector1771_ConchologyNaturalHistoryOfShells.pdf

Geographical term

British Islands

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Mollusca

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Taxa (2)
Notes (2)

Serpula attrahens [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Brechites attrahens ([Lightfoot], 1786) (taxonomy source)
Serpula tortuosa [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Vermicularia tortuosa ([Lightfoot], 1786) (taxonomy source)

Editor's comment

for Serpula attrahens [Lightfoot], 1786

Not a Serpula but the tube of a watering-pot shell (bivalve in Penicillidae) from Madagascar. The original ... [details]

Editor's comment

for Serpula tortuosa [Lightfoot], 1786

The shell catalogue supposedly written by Lightfoot (it is anonymous) refers for the description of Serpula ... [details]