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Issue: Vol. 3780 No. 1: 20 Mar. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.1.3
Page range: 51–107
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 3

Catalogue of the type specimens deposited in the Mollusca Collection of the Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Instituto de Estudos do Mar “Almirante Paulo Moreira” (IEAPM)
Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA)—Coordenação-Geral de Petróleo e Gás, Rio de Janeiro
Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
types malacological collection mollusc malacology nomenclature

Abstract

A curatorial revision of the type specimens deposited in the Mollusca Collection of the Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (MNRJ) revealed the existence of 518 lots of type specimens (holotypes, neotypes, syntypes and paratypes) for 285 names of molluscan taxa from 88 families, including 247 gastropods, 30 bivalves, three cephalopods and five scaphopods. A total of 106 holotypes and one neotype are deposited in the MNRJ. Type material for ten nominal taxa described as being deposited in the MNRJ was not located; the probable reasons are discussed. Some previously published erroneous information about types in the MNRJ is rectified. A total of 37 type specimens are illustrated.