A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Author
Iverson, John B.
text
Megataxa
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2022-01-25
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Pyxis arachnoides
Bell 1827:395
Syntypes
(2): OUM 1092 (illustrated in Fig.
2 in
the original description; photographed in
Bour 1981:139–140
) and 8528 (apparently illustrated in Fig.
1 in
the original description; photographed in
Bour 1981:139
)(Nowak-Kemp &
Fritz 2010:15
); OUM 1092 designated
lectotype
by
Bour (1979:153)
.
Pyxis madagascariensis
Lesson 1831:120
Holotype
: Not located; possibly in the MNHM.
Pyxis arachnoides brygooi (Vuillemin & Domergue 1972:193)
Holotype
: MNHN A.277 (photographed in the original description, p. 196, Pl. I, Fig. 2, and p. 199, Pl. IV, Fig. 4, and in
Bour 1981:140–41
); no
paratypes
designated.