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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Voluta amphora Lightfoot, 1786

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)

Types

Primary Type: Type Lightfoot, J. 1786. p.30, no. 708
syntype China (in error)

References

 Martini, F.H.W. 1777. pl. 74, fig. 780 Illustration of type specimen
 Rehder, H.A. 1967. p.9 [ As Cymbium (Melo) amphora (Lightfoot). Type figure limited. ]  Subsequent type designation
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.72 [ Type locality restricted to Shark Bay, Western Australia. ]  Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Melo Broderip in Sowerby, 1826
                              Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)
                                Voluta amphora Lightfoot, 1786

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12408) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.