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Publication Lightfoot (1786): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationLightfoot. 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co.. 194 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesMya complanata Lightfoot, 1786
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 100, no. 2190.
‘Solander’s MSS.’ Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 51. | |
Mya obovata Lightfoot, 1786
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 100, no. 2190. [nomen nudum] | |
Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 134, no. 2983. | |
Mya ponderosa Dillwyn, 1817
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 134, no. 2183; 143, no. 3170. [nomen nudum]
‘Solander’s MSS.’ Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 51. | |
Mya rosstrata Lightfoot, 1786
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 134, no. 2983. [nomen nudum] | |
Mytilus fucatus Dillwyn, 1817
‘S’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 29, no. 672. [nomen nudum]
‘Solander’s MSS.’ Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 317. | |
Mytilus illitus Lightfoot, 1786
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 163, no 3551. [nomen nudum] | |
Mytilus plicatus Lightfoot, 1786
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 29, no. 672; 170, no. 3690; 181, no. 3773; 183, no. 3910. | |
Pinna rigida Lightfoot, 1786
Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 136. | |
Solen plebeius Lightfoot, 1786
Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 42, 100. | |
Venus erosa Lightfoot, 1786
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 186, no. 3961. | |
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