#Gsp5 construct strombus manual

The specimen has rather the appearance of being malformed but notwithstanding this seeming irregularity of growth, there is no doubt whatever of its being specifically distinct from any hitherto described form.'Ĭomment Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff: laciniatus, but there is a large central oblique tubercle on the back, and the tip is thickened into two very large obtuse oblong tubercles, the upper part being produced into two decided Pterocera claws, one of which is prolonged in a curved manner to the extent of an inch and a half. In detail of pattern and sculpture it resembles S.

'This remarkable shell, which Sir David Barclay has for some time past known as an undescribed species, and distinguished in his cabinet by the above name, is curiously intermediate in its generic characters between Strombus and Pterocera.

Unfortunately, I have been unable to find any reference to this in Barclay's letters, but I suspect the change was made with cause.'ĭimensions: 'Long.

#Gsp5 construct strombus manual

Tryon who corresponded with Sir David Barclay changed the locality in the Manual of Conchology to 'Admiralty Islands'. This may be an error and I suspect the original label read 'Admiralty Islands' which are close to the known range of this Micronesian species. The type locality is 'Amirante Islands' in the western Indian Ocean. It has not been found in the British Museum. 59: 'The type which was in Sir David Barclay's collection was sold in 1891 and is probably in private hands.

Amirante Islands, a group of the Seychelles.' (Reeve, 1857, p. testa ovata, crassissima, ponderosa spira exserta, nodoso-tuberculata anfractibus transversim striatis et tenuiliratis, ultimo superne obtuse angulatis et perampliter bi- tri-tuberculato, tuberculo obliquo peramplo infra in medio ornato columella densissime callosa, superne fere ad apicem appresse dilatata apertura subcontracta, labro dense incrassato, tuberculis peramplis obtusis armato superne bidactylo, dactylo supremo elongato, curvato albida, aurantio-fusco variegata et sparsim vittata, columella et apertura fauce rubido-carneo tinctis.'

Original Description of Strombus taurus by Reeve, 1857, p.