http://id.luomus.fi/HLA.128704
Collection:
Verbatim labels:
[Inside right valve:] Mytilus edulis forma gigantea Nordmann / Insel Edgecobe / prope Sitcham / Holmberg 1850 | [A separate slip:] 1 Liber 1 uns 5 drach:s 16 gran = 6,556 gran.
Specimen location:
Invertebrate types, Mollusca Bivalvia
Publications:
Nordmann, A. von (1862) Notiz ueber eine Riesenform der Miesmuscheln aus den Russisch-Amerikanischen Besitzungen, Mytilus edulis, forma gigantea. Bulletin de la Societe imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 35, 408-425.
Additional ID's:
3354
c 87 [84?]
c 87 [84?]
Preservation:
Dry
Acquired from:
Holmberg, Henrik Johan
Date transcribed:
2019
Collecting event (gathering)
Leg:
Holmberg, Henrik Johan
Start date:
10.5.1850
End date:
31.12.1850
Verbatim leg from orginal source:
Holmberg
Notes:
"1850 machte Hr. Holmberg indessen einen zweimaligen Ausflug dahin [Insel Edgecombe], stieg in den Krater, sammelte am Ufer mehrere Käfer [….] und namentlich mehrere Exemplare des riesengrossen Mytilus." - Nordmann (1862), 417
Lat (N):
57
Lon (E):
-135.7
Coordinate system:
WGS84 and ETRS89, decimal degrees
Error radius in meters:
20000
Georeferencing source:
Google Earth/Maps
Verbatim locality from label or other original source:
[label:] Edgecombe & Sitcha Holmberg
Country:
United States
Administrative province:
Alaska
Verbatim date from original source:
1850
Municipality:
Sitka
Locality names:
Kruzof Island (Edgecombe)
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Specimen/observation (unit)
Record type:
Preserved specimen
Notes:
"specimen maximum" figured in Taf XII of Nordmann (1862), measures given as "Long 97; Latit 235; Diam ventr. 78; Long. ligam. 135" [mm], weight "Pond. med. 1 Libr. 5 Drachm. 16 Gran. = 6,556 Gran." | Both umbones broken; left valve in 4 pieces, right valve with a long crack | outer surfaces clean, slight remains of adductor muscle.
Count:
1
Measurements
Identification
Species:
Mytilus californianus Conrad, 1837
Taxon verbatim:
Mytilus edulis forma gigantea Nordmann
Identification notes:
senior synonym
Identification
Species:
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Det.:
Nordmann, Alexander von
Infra rank:
forma
Infra name:
gigantea
Infra author:
Nordmann, 1862
Taxon verbatim:
Mytilus edulis forma gigantea Nordmann
Type specimen
Type:
syntype Mytilus edulis forma gigantea Nordmann, 1862
Original description publication:
Nordmann, A. von (1862) Notiz ueber eine Riesenform der Miesmuscheln aus den Russisch-Amerikanischen Besitzungen, Mytilus edulis, forma gigantea. Bulletin de la Societe imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 35, 408-425.