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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra chrysalis Reeve, 1844

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Nebularia) chrysalis Reeve, 1844

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 25, fig. 200
(illustration) lectotype Pombo I., Haruku Straits, E of Ambon, Indonesia (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1976)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  chrysalis
Original Text Name:  Mitra chrysalis Reeve, 1844
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.403 [ The type-specimen of M. chrysalis is untraceable and has probably been sold at auction of the Norris collection; the illustration in Reeve (1844) on pl. 25, fig. 200, was designated by Cernohorsky (1976) as the lectotype. ]  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) chrysalis Reeve, 1844
                                  Mitra chrysalis Reeve, 1844

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13104) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.