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Voluta casta Gmelin, 1791

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Scabricola (Swainsonia) casta (Gmelin, 1791)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Gmelin, J.F. 1791. p.3453
(illustration) lectotype Amboina [= Ambon I.], Indonesia

Keywords

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

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.130 [ The type of S. casta (Gmelin) is no longer extant and the specimen illustrated on pl. 20 in Martyn (1784) was designated by Cernohorsky (1991) as the illustrated lectotype. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Imbricariinae
                            Scabricola Swainson, 1840
                              Scabricola (Swainsonia) H. & A. Adams, 1853
                                Scabricola (Swainsonia) casta (Gmelin, 1791)
                                  Voluta casta Gmelin, 1791

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13237) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.