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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra edentula Swainson, 1823

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Dibaphus) edentula Swainson, 1823

Types

Primary Type: Status unknown [] Swainson, W. 1823. p.378
???? type Mauritius (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1976, p.470)
??? Status unknown Mauritius (designeated by Cernohorsky, 1976: 470)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  edentula
Original Text Name:  Mitra edentula Swainson, 1823
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.470 [ The whereabouts of the type-specimen of M. edentula Swainson, originally in the Dubois collection, is unknown. No locality was given by Swainson, but since the species is usually cited from Mauritius, Cernohorsky (1976) designated Mauritius as the type locality. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Dibaphus) Ryckholt, 1862
                                Mitra (Dibaphus) edentula Swainson, 1823
                                  Mitra edentula Swainson, 1823

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13188) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.