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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Murex benedictus Melvill & Standen, 1895

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Pascula lefevreiana (Tapparone Canefri, 1880)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype [] Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1895. p.108, pl. 2, fig. 13
University of Manchester Museum holotype Lifu, Loyalty Islands

Keywords

Original Epithet:  benedictus
Original Text Name:  Murex benedictus
Original Genus:  Murex

References

 Wilson, B. 1994. p.24 Type SpecAv

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Ergalataxinae Kuroda & Habe, 1971
                            Pascula Dall, 1908
                              Pascula lefevreiana (Tapparone Canefri, 1880)
                                Murex benedictus Melvill & Standen, 1895

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=10816) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.