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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Murex elongatus Lightfoot, 1786

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Pterynotus (Pterynotus) elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786)

Types

[] Lightfoot, J. 1786. p.65, no. 1479
Batavia (=Java), Indonesia

Keywords

Original Epithet:  elongatus
Original Text Name:  Murex elongatus
Original Genus:  Murex

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O 1967. p.123 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
                            Pterynotus Swainson, 1833
                              Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Swainson, 1833
                                Pterynotus (Pterynotus) elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786)
                                  Murex elongatus Lightfoot, 1786

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11084) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.