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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra acuminata Swainson, 1824

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata Swainson, 1824

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Swainson, W. 1824. p.36
(illustration) lectotype Mauritius

Keywords

Original Epithet:  acuminata
Original Text Name:  Mitra acuminata Swainson, 1824
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.494 [ The holotype of M. acuminata Swainson, which used to be in Mawe's collection, is no longer extant, and Cernohorsky (1976) designated the specimen illustrated by Swainson in the "Zoological Illustrations", ser. 2, vol. 3, fig. 3 as the lectotype. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Strigatella) Swainson, 1840
                                Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata Swainson, 1824
                                  Mitra acuminata Swainson, 1824

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13162) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.