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Strigatella Testacea
''Strigatella testacea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. Taxonomy William Broderip species description, described the species as ''Mitra testacea'' in 1836; the holotype had been collected by Hugh Cuming. Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn described ''M. antoni'' in 1860 from a specimen also in Cuming's collection. Dohrn classified this species as a junior synonym of ''M. testacea'' in 1861. Dohrn's ''M. antoni'' should not be confused with ''Vexillum millecostatum, M. antonii'' , sometimes taken to be its senior homonym. George Washington Tryon proposed that both ''Mitra glabra, M. bulimoides'' and ''Mitra badia, M. badia'' are junior synonyms of ''M. testacea'', but this has not been accepted. Walter O. Cernohorsky proposed that ''Mitra aurantia, M. obliqua'' was a junior synonym of ''M. testacea'', but this also has not been accepted. Distribution It has been found in the Kingsmill I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Brettingham Sowerby I
George Brettingham Sowerby I (12 August 1788 – 26 July 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist. Life He was the second son of James Sowerby. George was educated at home under private tutors, and afterwards assisted his father in the production of illustrated works on natural history. On the latter's death in 1822, he and his brother James De Carle Sowerby continued their father's work on fossil shells, publishing the latter parts of the ''Mineral Conchology of Great Britain''. He published about 50 papers on molluscs and started several comprehensive, illustrated books on the subject, the most important the ''Thesaurus Conchyliorum'', a work that was continued by his son, George Brettingham Sowerby II and his grandson George Brettingham Sowerby III. One of his first works was the cataloguing of the collection of the Earl of Tankerville. He also dealt in shells and natural history objects, his place of business being first in King Street, Covent Garden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
