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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Melo amphora knighti Jackson, 1954

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: P Jackson, N. 1954. p.35, pl. 2, fig. 1
AMS holotype Gloucester Passage, on the eastern side of Cape Glocester (Queensland, Australia)

References

 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.73 Type SpecAv

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)
                                Melo amphora knighti Jackson, 1954

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12415) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.