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Voluta conus Gmelin, 1791

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Pterygia conus (Gmelin, 1791)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Gmelin, J.F. 1791. p.3449
(illustration) lectotype Masbate Island, Philippines (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1991)

Keywords

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

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.146 [ The type of Voluta conus Gmelin is lost, and Cernohorsky (1991) designated figs. 1415 and 1416 on pl. 150 in Chemnitz (1788) as the illustrated lectotype. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Cylindromitrinae
                            Pterygia Röding, 1798
                              Pterygia conus (Gmelin, 1791)
                                Voluta conus Gmelin, 1791

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13192) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.