OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Voluta praetexta Reeve, 1849

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype Reeve, L.A. 1849. p.sp. 29, pl. 12, figs. 29a, 29b
BMNH 1952.3.21.5 holotype Long Island, North West Cape, central Western Australia

References

 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.157 [ Type locality of "North Australia" restricted. ]  Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Amoria Gray, 1855
                              Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849)
                                Voluta praetexta Reeve, 1849

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12172) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.