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Voluta clathrus Gmelin, 1791

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Neocancilla clathrus (Gmelin, 1791)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Gmelin, J.F. 1791.
(illustration) lectotype Arm (sic.) Is. [= Aru Islands], Moluccas, Indonesia (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1991)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  clathrus
Original Text Name:  Voluta clathrus
Original Genus:  Voluta
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.106 [ The type of N. clathrus (Gmelin) is no longer extant, and fig. 3 on pl. 27 in vol. 3 of Knorr (1768) 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
                            Neocancilla Cernohorsky, 1966
                              Neocancilla clathrus (Gmelin, 1791)
                                Voluta clathrus Gmelin, 1791

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13273) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.