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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra auriculoides Reeve, 1845

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Strigatella) auriculoides Reeve, 1845

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Reeve, L.A. 1845. pl. 28, fig. 228
(illustration) lectotype Mauritius (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1976)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  auriculoides
Original Text Name:  Mitra auriculoides Reeve, 1845
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.485 [ The type specimen of M. auriculoides Reeve has been sold at auction of the Norris collection, and Cernohorsky (1976) designated the specimen illustrated by Reeve on pl. 28, fig. 228 of the "Conchologia Iconica" as the lectotype of M. auriculoides. ]  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) auriculoides Reeve, 1845
                                  Mitra auriculoides Reeve, 1845

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45692) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.