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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Voluta aurantia Gmelin, 1791

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)

Types

Primary Type: holotype [] Gmelin, J.F. 1791. p.3454
ZMUC holotype Burias Island, Philippine Islands (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1976)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  aurantia
Original Text Name:  Voluta aurantia Gmelin, 1791
Original Genus:  Voluta

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.427 Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson, 1840
                                Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
                                  Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
                                    Voluta aurantia Gmelin, 1791

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13096) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.