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Mitra melaleuca Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Vexillum (Pusia) australe (Swainson, 1820)

Types

[] Quoy, J.M.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. p.657, pl.45, f.26-7
MNHP type probably Port Roi Georges, New Holland

Keywords

Original Epithet:  melaleuca
Original Text Name:  Mitra melaleuca Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.56 [ as synonym of Vexillum australe ]  Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Costellariidae
                          Vexillum Röding, 1798
                            Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, 1840
                              Vexillum (Pusia) australe (Swainson, 1820)
                                Mitra melaleuca Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13539) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.