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Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

(MCZ:Mala)

Catalog #: 87866

Occurrence ID (GUID): MCZ:Mala:87866

Secondary Catalog #: malacology accession number=610

Taxon: Orpiella scorpio (Gould, 1846)
Family: Trochomorphidae

Determiner: [no agent data]

ID Remarks: Entered from ledger.

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Orpiella scorpio

Determiner: Chandra Earl

Date: s.d.

ID Remarks: First pass cleaning of names

Helix calva Gould, 1847

Determiner: Gould, 1847

Date: 1964

ID References: Johnson, R. I. 1964. The Recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 239:1–182.

ID Remarks: cited as paratype; however, as lectotype selected here, actually paralectotype

Orpiella scorpio (Gould, 1846) Gould, 1846

Determiner: [no agent data]

Date: Unknown Date

ID Remarks: Entered from ledger.

Helix casca Gould, 1852

Determiner: Gould, 1852

Date: not specified

ID References: Author not listed. . Malacology Citations Placeholder Book 2 (genera D-L). .

Orpiella scorpio

Determiner: [no agent data]

Date: not specified

Helix casca

Determiner: [no agent data]

Date: not specified

Type Status: Syntype of Helix casca| Paralectotype of Helix calva

Collector: Joseph Pitty Couthouy

Verbatim Date: [no verbatim date data]

Locality: Melanesia, Fiji, [no specific locality data]

-17.84843 177.956055 +-79906m. WGS84

Georeference Remarks: The main island of Fiji is referred to both as Fiji and Viti Levu. All references have been tied here. (entire island set as the error)

Dry Count: 2

Preparations: shell (dry)

Notes: associated grant: Pacific Island Land Snail Biodiversity Repository (PILSBRy)

Disposition: in collection

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