Type localities given in early zoological works, in modern terms
Africa aequinoctiali |
Tropical Africa (?) ("Africa aequinoctiali") |
Alexandriæ |
Egypt: Al-Iskandariyah = Alexandria |
Ambonia, Amboina |
Indonesia: Island of Ambon |
America boreali |
Northern North America |
America meridionalis |
South America |
America meridionalis insulis |
Southern Caribean islands ("America meridionalis insulis") |
America septentrionali |
North America |
Americae semininus |
"America" |
Anglia |
England ("Anglia") |
Batavia |
Indonesia: Java, Jakarta |
Bengal |
Bangladesh and India (West Bengal) ("Bengal") |
Berbices |
Guyana / Suriname ("Berbices") |
Cajennae / Caiennae |
French Guyana: Cayenne |
Cantabrigiae |
England: Cambridge |
Cap b. Spei (Cap bonae Spei) |
South Africa: Western Cape, near Cape of Good Hope ("Cap b. Spei") |
Carolina |
USA: North and South Carolina |
Chili |
Chile |
Chilonium, Chilonii |
N Germany: Kiel |
Conchin China |
S Vietnam |
Constantinop. |
Turkey: Istanbul |
Cornubia |
England: Cornwall |
Coromandel |
India: Coromandel coast (south-eastern coast) |
Curacao / Ile de Curacao |
Caribbean, Nederlandsche Antillen: island of Curaçao |
Curonia |
Latvia: Kurzeme ("Curonia" region) |
Djesan |
Saudi-Arabia: Gizan ("Djesan") |
Djiddæ |
Saudi-Arabia: Jiddah ("Djiddæ") |
Essequebo & Demerary |
Guyana: Essequibo, Demarary |
Europa australi |
Southern Europe ("Europa australi") |
Europa australiori |
Southern Europe ("Europa australiori") |
Europa media |
Central Europe ("Europa media") |
Falkland |
S Atlantic: Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas |
Georgia Australi Americae |
S Atlantic: South Georgia |
Germania de Hattorf |
Germany: Hattorf am Harz ("Germania de Hattorf") |
Gingi |
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Guajana |
Northern South America ("Guajana") |
Hafnia/Havnia/Havniae/Hafniae |
Denmark: København ("Hafnia") |
Halae Saxonum |
Germany: Halle |
Halae Suevicae |
Germany: Schwäbisch Hall |
Hamburgi |
Germany: Hamburg |
Henly Anglorum |
England: near Henley-on-Thames (?) ("prope Henly Anglorum") |
Hispania |
Spain |
Holmiae |
Sweden: Stockholm |
Holsatiae |
Germany: southern Schleswig-Holstein |
Iamaica |
Jamaica |
in Brasiliae procellaris |
Brazil |
In der Havana |
Caribbean |
In Fucis Oceani Norwargiri |
Norwegian Sea |
in Germaniae |
Germany |
in Indiis |
Caribbean Islands ("in Indiis"), but sometimes this means "Caribbean, India or SE Asia" |
In plantis siccis ex Insulis Canariis missis |
Canary Islands |
In sinu regis Georgii |
Western Australia: King George Sound |
Indes occidentales |
Caribbean |
India |
India |
India orientali |
Southeast Asia ("India orientali") |
Insel Lucon |
Philippines: Luzón |
Insel St. Domingo |
Caribbean: Haiti ("Insel St. Domingo") |
Insel St. Thomae |
Caribbean, US Virgin Islands: Saint Thomas ("Insel St. Thomae") |
Insula Americes St. Croix / Insula St. Cruz Americes |
Caribbean: Saint Croix island (Santa Cruz) |
Insula Luzonum |
Philippines: Luzón |
Insula Rotterdam |
Tonga: Nomuka |
Insula St. Iago |
Cape Verde: Santiago island |
insula Terre neuve Americae |
North America: Newfoundland |
Insularum sundmoerensium |
Norway: Sunnmøre |
Insulis amicis oceani australis |
South Pacific: Tonga |
Insulis Canariis |
Canary Islands |
Insulis Oceani pacifici |
Pacific Islands |
Insulis promontorii viridis |
South Africa: islands off Western Cape ("insulis promontorii viridis") |
Islandia |
Iceland |
Jutlandiae |
Denmark: Jylland |
Kahirœ |
Egypt: Al-Qahirah = Cairo |
Kiliae / Kiloniae / Kilionensibus / Kiloniae Holsatorum |
N Germany: Kiel |
Kust van Guiné, Côte de Guinée |
West African coast ("Kust van Guiné, Côte de Guinée") |
Labrador America |
Canada: Labrador Peninsula |
Leufsta |
Sweden: Uppsala county, Lövstabruk |
Levante |
Eastern Mediterranean or Near East ("Levante") |
Lipsiae |
Germany: Leipzig |
Lohajæ |
Yemen: Loheia |
Lusitania |
Iberian Peninsula (Spain / Portugal) ("Lusitania") |
Madera |
Atlantic Ocean: island of Madeira |
Magellanstraße |
S Chile: Estrecho de Magallanes |
Malabar, Malabarica |
SW India: Malabar coast |
Manilla |
Philippines: Manila |
Mari mediterraneo |
Mediterranean Sea |
Mari rubro |
Red Sea |
Martinique |
Caribbean: island of Martinique |
Marylandia |
USA: Maryland |
Massiliæ |
France: Marseille |
Mochhæ |
Yemen: Al Mukha |
Moluckische Inseln |
Indonesia: Molucca Islands |
Monspelii |
France: Montpellier |
Nova Hispania |
Mexico |
Nova Hollandia |
Australia |
Nova Seelandia |
New Zealand/Aotearoa |
Nova Terra(e) |
Canada: Newfoundland |
Noveboraco |
USA: New York |
Oceani australis |
Southern Ocean ("Oceani australis") |
Oceano australiori |
Southern oceans ("Oceano australiori") |
Oceano norwegico |
Norwegian Sea |
Oostindische, Indes orientales |
Southeast Asia |
Ostindien |
India or Southeast Asia ("Ostindien") |
Otaheita |
French Polynesia: Tahiti |
Paedemontano (Pedemontano) |
NW Italy: Piemonte |
Patagoniae |
Argentina/Chile: Patagonia |
Pensylvanie |
USA: Pennsylvania |
Pontichery |
S India: Pondicherry / Puducherry (eastern coast) |
Promontorium Bo(nae). Sp(ei). |
South Africa: Western Cape ("ad Promonotorium Bo.sp.") |
Rutheno |
Russia ("Rutheno") |
Scania |
Sweden: Skåne ("Scania") |
Scotia |
Scotland |
Samarang |
Indonesia: Java, Semarang |
Sardinia |
Italy: Sardegna |
Siam |
Thailand |
Sibiria |
Russia: Siberia |
Sierra Leona |
Sierra Leone |
Sina |
China |
Smirnæ |
Turkey: Izmir |
Staatenland |
S Argentina: Isla de los Estados |
Suecia |
Sweden |
Tanain |
Russia: Don river |
Tartarey und Moscau |
Asia: Kazakhstan / Russia, Moscow ("Tartarey und Moscau") |
Tierra del Fuego |
Chile / Argentina: Tierra del Fuego |
Tranquebariae |
India: Coromandel coast (south-eastern coast): Tharangambadi ("Tranquebariae") |
Unalaschca |
USA: Alsaska, island of Unalaska |
Virgenien |
USA: Virginia |
Vorgebürge der guten Hoffnung |
South Africa: Western Cape, near Cape of Good Hope |
Yvica |
Spain: Balearic Islands, Ibiza / Eivissa |
Zeylon |
Sri Lanka |