An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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HOLOTYPE		A single specimen upon which a species is based; the only specimen unquestionably identifiable as a given species; see also: LECTOTYPE; TYPE SPECIMEN. See the publication: "Terminology of Types" by Frizzell.

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