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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae
Mitra ruppellii Reeve, 1844Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Mitra (Nebularia) ruppellii Reeve, 1844
Types
Primary Type: lectotype [] Reeve, L.A. 1844. p.No. 179
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1967871 lectotype lectotype, 2 syntypes Red Sea
Keywords
Original Epithet: ruppellii
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon Reeve, L.A. 1844.
Original Text Name: Mitra ruppellii
Original Genus: Mitra
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000.
References
Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.436 [ Reeve named the species for Prof. W.P.E.S.
Rüpell, but misspelled the specific name
"ruppellii." The incorrect spelling has been
partly emended to "rupellii" by Sowerby,
and was further emended by Cernohorsky
(1976) to "ruepellii."
] Nomenclatural emendation
Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.436 Type information
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Mitridae
Mitrinae
Mitra Lamarck, 1798
Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson, 1840
Mitra (Nebularia) ruppellii Reeve, 1844
Mitra ruppellii Reeve, 1844
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45503) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.