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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae
Mitra testacea Broderip, 1836Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Mitra (Nebularia) testacea Broderip, 1836
Types
Primary Type: lectotype [] Broderip, W.J. 1836. p.193
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1967892 lectotype lectotype [28.6 mm], 2 syntypes Anaa Island, Tuamotu Islands
Keywords
Original Epithet: testacea
Original Text Name: Mitra testacea Broderip, 1836
Original Genus: Mitra
References
Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.435 [ Cernohorsky (1976) designated the
28.6 long syntype (which corresponds
to Broderip's cited dimensions) as the
lectotype of Mitra testacea Broderip.
] 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) testacea Broderip, 1836
Mitra testacea Broderip, 1836
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45509) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.