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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra testacea Broderip, 1836

Type 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.