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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra ruppellii Reeve, 1844

Type 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.