OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Voluta africana Reeve, 1856

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype [original reference seen] Reeve, L.A. 1856. p.2-3, pl. 33, figs 3-4
BMNH 1967601 holotype Durban, South Africa

References

 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.57 [ restricted from "Southeastern Africa" (Sowerby, 1887). ]  Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Volutinae Swainson, 1840
                            Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
                              Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)
                                Voluta africana Reeve, 1856

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=36986) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.