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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra contracta Swainson, 1820

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Nebularia) contracta Swainson, 1820

Types

[] Swainson, W. 1820. pl. 18, top and bottom figures
(illustration) [ex Humphrey's collection] type Anaa Island, Tuamotu Islands (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1976, p.394)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  contracta
Original Text Name:  Mitra contracta Swainson, 1820
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.394 [ The whereabouts of the type-specimen of M. contracta, which originally was in Humphrey's collection, is unknown; the specimen figured by Swainson, 1820, on plate 18 (top and bottom figures) is designated by Cernohorsky (1976: p. 394) as the lectotype of M. contracta Swainson. ]  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) contracta Swainson, 1820
                                  Mitra contracta Swainson, 1820

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13110) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.