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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Voluta arausiaca Lightfoot, 1786

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Harpulina arausiaca (Lightfoot, 1768)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype Lightfoot, J. 1786. p.26
holotype Nilaveli, Trincomalee, northeast Sri Lanka

References

 Rumphius, G.E. 1705. pl. 37, fig. 2 Illustration of type specimen
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.121 [ Type locality restricted from "Ceylon" (Reeve, 1849). ]  Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Volutinae Swainson, 1840
                            Harpulina Dall, 1906
                              Harpulina arausiaca (Lightfoot, 1768)
                                Voluta arausiaca Lightfoot, 1786

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=36997) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.