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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Ovulidae 

Bulla volva Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Types

Primary Type: holotype [] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.725
LSL 328 holotype Jamaica (err.) here designated as dee water off Cape Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia

Keywords

Original Epithet:  volva
Original Text Name:  Bulla volva Linnaeus, 1758
Original Genus:  Bulla

References

 Cate, C.N. 1973. p.109 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Ovulidae Fleming, 1828
                          Volva Röding, 1798
                            Volva volva (Linnaeus, 1758)
                              Bulla volva Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38582) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.