James Cosmo Melvill

James Cosmo Melvill (1845–1929), British botanist, phycologist, naturalist, malacologist and entomologist.

IPNI standard form: Melvill

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(List may be incomplete)

Melvill, J. C., 1873. Description of Lycaena arthurus, a new European butterfly. Ent. mon. Mag. 9: 263. Reference page.

Melvill J.C., 1898. Further Investigations Into the Molluscan Fauna of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman: With Descriptions of Forty Species.
Melvill J.C., Standen R., 1898. Notes on a collection of marine shells from Lively Island, Falklands, with list of species. Journal of Conchology.
Melvill J.C., Ponsonby J.H., 1898. A contribution towards a check-list of the non-marine molluscan fauna of South Africa. Journal of Molluscan Studies.
Melvill J.C., 1898. Notes on a second collection of marine shelles from the Andaman islands, with descriptions of new forms of Terebra. Journal of Molluscan Studies.
Melvill J.C., Ponsonby J.H., 1898. IV.— Descriptions of ten new species of terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. Journal of Natural History - Taylor & Francis.
Melvill J.C., 1898. XXXI.— A brief bibliographical Résumé of the Erythræan Molluscan fauna, with descriptions of sixteen species from Aden. Journal of Natural History.
Melvill J.C., Sykes E.R., 1898. Notes on a third collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands with the description of new species of Mitra. Proc. malac. Soc.

Melvill J.C., Standen R., 1899. Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. AC Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888–89. Zoological Journal of the Linnean …

Melvill J.C., Standen R., 1900. Report on the Mollusca of the" Jackson-Harms worth" Expedition to Franz-Josef Land (1896-97), and of the" Andrew Coats" Cruise (1898) to Kolguev, etc. Memoirs and Preceedings of the Manchester Literary & …