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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra cookii Sowerby, 1874

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Mitra) cookii Sowerby, 1874

Types

Primary Type: holotype [] Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1874. p.7, pl. 14, fig. 228
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1900.2.13.10 holotype "Australia", further restricted by Cernohorsky (1976, p.343) to Sydney, NSW, Australia

Keywords

Original Epithet:  cookii
Original Text Name:  Mitra cookii Sowerby, 1874
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.343 [ In the BMNH there are 3 so-called "syntypes" of M. cookii which bear the nubers BMNH 1900.2.13.10 and 1907.11.21.128-129. Only the specimen no. 1900.2.13.10 is the holotype ex-Hanley collection and the other two specimens are later additions from the da Costa collection. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck, 1798
                                Mitra (Mitra) cookii Sowerby, 1874
                                  Mitra cookii Sowerby, 1874

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13058) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.