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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Voluta papilio Link, 1807

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Neocancilla papilio papilio (Link, 1807)

Types

[] Link, H.F. 1807. p.127
Tonga Islands (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1991)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  papilio
Original Text Name:  Voluta papilio Link, 1807
Original Genus:  Voluta

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.104 [ No types exist of N. papilio (Link), but since there is no taxonomic dispute concerning the identity of the taxon, no neotype is designated. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Imbricariinae
                            Neocancilla Cernohorsky, 1966
                              Neocancilla papilio (Link, 1807)
                                Neocancilla papilio papilio (Link, 1807)
                                  Voluta papilio Link, 1807

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13278) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.