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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Opisthobranchia Chromodorididae 

Thorunna africana Rudman, 1984

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Thorunna (Described) africana Rudman, 1984

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype [original reference seen] Rudman, W. B. 1984. p.220 Figs 75, 78, 79, 80
AM C138092 holotype 1 specimen (16 mm long preserved) W. side of Ras Kankadya, Msasani Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Keywords

Original Epithet:  africana
Original Text Name:  Thorunna africana
Original Genus:  Thorunna
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name       Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.36 

References

 Rudman, W. B. 1985. p. 256, fig. 1G [ original reference seen ]  Type illustration

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Heterobranchia
                Unplaced
                  Opisthobranchia
                    Chromodorididae Bergh, 1891
                      Thorunna Bergh, 1878
                        Thorunna (Described) species
                          Thorunna (Described) africana Rudman, 1984
                            Thorunna africana Rudman, 1984

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=3687) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.