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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra picta Reeve, 1844

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Mitra) picta Reeve, 1844

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 16, fig. 123
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1967839 lectotype Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (by subsequent designation, Cernohorsky, 1976: p.350)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  picta
Original Text Name:  Mitra picta Reeve, 1844
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.350 [ M. picta was described from unknown locality and was first localized by Krauss (1848) from the "Cape coast" and later by Sowerby (1874) from the Cape of Good Hope, which was designated by Cernohorsky as the type locality. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck, 1798
                                Mitra (Mitra) picta Reeve, 1844
                                  Mitra picta Reeve, 1844

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45483) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.