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Gastropoda Unplaced Architectonicidae 

Trochus perspectivus Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Architectonica (perspectiva-group) perspectiva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Types

Primary Type: null Secondary Type: null [] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p. 757

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ dredged at depths of from 30 to 50 m (Kay 1979) ]
Original Epithet:  perspectivus
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Linnaeus, C. 1758.  
Original Text Name:  Trochus perspectivus
Original Genus:  Trochus
Status of Name: Synonym       Bieler, R. 1993.  
Type: Subsequent type designation [ Bieler, 1985, designated lectotype. Bieler, 1993, p. 45: "Solarium perspectivum sensu Sowerby is the only form of this species complex that has been found in the Linnean Collection in London... The largest of seven specimens in that collection... was selected as lectotype." ]

References

  . p.97 [ Fig 35 D-F ]  General reference
 Bieler, R. 1993. [ ]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Heterobranchia
                Heterostropha
                  Unplaced
                    Architectonicoidea
                      Architectonicidae
                        Architectonica Röding, 1798
                          Architectonica (perspectiva-group) Bieler, 1993
                            Architectonica (perspectiva-group) perspectiva (Linnaeus, 1758)
                              Trochus perspectivus Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34156) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.