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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae
Voluta pica Dillwyn, 1817Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Mitra (Strigatella) pica (Dillwyn, 1817)
Types
Primary Type: lectotype [] Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. p.534
(illustration) lectotype San Fernando, Luzon, Philippine Islands (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1976)
Keywords
Original Epithet: pica
Original Text Name: Voluta pica Dillwyn, 1817
Original Genus: Voluta
References
Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.480 [ The Caribbean locality given by Chemnitz
and Dillwyn is erroneous, and Cernohorsky
(1976) designated San Fernando, Luzon,
Philippine Islands as the type locality of
Voluta pica Dillwyn (specimens in USNM).
] Type locality
Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.480 [ The type-specimen of Voluta pica Dillwyn is
no longer extant, and Cernohorsky (1976)
designated the immature specimen
illustrated by Chemnitz, 1795 (pl. 178,
figs. 1721, 1722) as the lectotype of
Voluta pica Dillwyn.
] Type information
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Mitridae
Mitrinae
Mitra Lamarck, 1798
Mitra (Strigatella) Swainson, 1840
Mitra (Strigatella) pica (Dillwyn, 1817)
Voluta pica Dillwyn, 1817
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45690) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.