Triphora sp. (insularum Biggs, ms)

Albano, Paolo G., Bakker, Piet A. J. & Sabelli, Bruno, 2019, Annotated catalogue of the types of Triphoridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom, London, Zoosystematics and Evolution 95 (1), pp. 161-308 : 161

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scientific name	Triphora sp. (insularum Biggs, ms)
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Triphora sp. (insularum Biggs, ms) View in CoL

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Triphora sp. Biggs 1973: 362-363, pl. 4, figs 4, 5.

Original locality.

NE of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Material examined.

NHMUK 1968760-3: 4 specimens (from original locality) .

Remarks.

Biggs (1973) described and illustrated this species in his work on the Trucial Coast (Persian (Arabian) Gulf) but refrained from naming it because it lacked the apex. We agree that the presence of a complete apex is fundamental for the institution of any triphorid new species due to the important characters it bears as acknowledged by several authors (e.g. Barnard 1963; Marshall 1983; Bouchet and Strong 2010). We thus refrain from redescribing it because we have not been able to locate new suitable material. From the remnants of apexes on the examined material, the species likely bears a multispiral protoconch.

In the NHMUK collection, the specimens studied by Biggs have been located with the manuscript name Triphora insularum . They are labelled as “holotype” and “paratypes” although, pending a formal introduction of the name, these specimens are not name-bearing types. The label bears the locality "Trucial Oman Coast" and 1962 as collecting year. At the time, the United Arab Emirates had not been founded yet and the coastal emirates were known as Trucial States, a British Protectorate since 1819.

References

Barnard, KH, 1963. Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. Annals of the South African Museum 47 (1): 1 - 199

Biggs, HEJ, 1973. The marine Mollusca of the Trucial coast, Persian Gulf. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History (Zoology) 24 (8): 343 - 421

Bouchet, P, Strong, EE, 2010. Historical name-bearing types in marine molluscs. An impediment to biodiversity studies? In: Polaszek, A, Ed., Systema Naturae 250. CRC Press, London: 63 - 74, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/EBK1420095012-c6

Marshall, BA, 1983. A revision of the recent Triphoridae of Southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 2: 1 - 119, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.2.1983.102

Figures

Figure 14. Triphora sp. (Triphora insularum Biggs ms). A-E " Holotype ", NHMUK 198760, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: front (A, B), side (C, D), back (E). F-H " Paratypes ", NHMUK 198761 - 3: front views of Paratype A (F), B (G) and C (H). I Original labels of the " holotype ". J-L Original labels of " paratypes " A (J), B (K) and C (L). Scale bars: A-E, F-H: 1 mm.