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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Voluta incompta Lightfoot, 1786

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Mitra) incompta Lightfoot, 1786

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Lightfoot, J. 1786. p.96, no. 2116
(illustration) lectotype South Seas

Keywords

Original Epithet:  incompta
Original Text Name:  Voluta incompta
Original Genus:  Voluta

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.323 [ The type of M. incompta Lightfoot, was in the collection of the Duchess of Portland and has been sold at auction. Cernohorsky designated the two figures on pl. 19 in vol. 1 of Martyn's "Universal Conchologist" as the lectotype of Mitra incompta (Lightfoot). ]  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) incompta Lightfoot, 1786
                                  Voluta incompta Lightfoot, 1786

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13074) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.