I "should" know this, and no doubt there is a plethera  of info on the
web to help me, but Conch-l is easier and more fun!!

What does one call a specimen which is from the same "lot" (group of
specimens collected from a single population at the same time) that the
type specimen(s) of a given taxa were selected - ie, the specimen in
question was from the same lot of shells used when describing the taxa,
but not selected as an "official" type specimen of any type?

 From sunny, spring-like New Scotland,
Ross Mayhew.
( http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/ )

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