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Voluta dactylus Linnaeus, 1767

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Pterygia dactylus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Types

Primary Type: holotype [] Linnaeus, C. 1767. p.1188
Linnean Society of London holotype holotype [30.5 mm] Bay of Bengal, India [by subsequent designation/restriction by Cernohorsky, 1991]

Keywords

Original Epithet:  dactylus
Original Text Name:  Voluta dactylus Linnaeus, 1767
Original Genus:  Voluta

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.145 Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Cylindromitrinae
                            Pterygia Röding, 1798
                              Pterygia dactylus (Linnaeus, 1767)
                                Voluta dactylus Linnaeus, 1767

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13196) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.