[mineralogy] In mineralogy, the type specimen, also known as type material, is a reference sample by which a mineral is defined. ==Types== The following definitions for kinds of type specimens were approved in 1987 by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and the Commission on Museums of the International Mineralogical Associatio...
Type of a nominal species is a specimen
(from the article `taxonomy`) The determination of the exact organism designated by a particular name usually requires more than the mere reading of the description or the ...
A type specimen is the set of fossil remains of an organism from which a new species is named. 
<zoology> Any specimen of the type series. ... (09 Jan 1998) ... 
The original collection of an organism on which the description of a new species is based.
[n] - the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made
a specimen that acts as the name bearer for a species.
holotype noun the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made
A specimen which is designated in the publication of a new name for an organism. See holotype
The single specimen that is the type of a nominal species or subspecies. (See also Holotype).
The specimen used to describe a taxon.
an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.