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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (?Thala) gonatophora Sturany, 1903

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Nebularia) gonatophora Sturany, 1903

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Sturany, R. 1903. p.225, pl. 4, fig. 2
(illustration) lectotype (syntypes in NHMW?) Sta. 48, near Yenbo, Red Sea, 24°05'N, 37°45'E, 700 m

Keywords

Original Epithet:  gonatophora
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Sturany, R. 1903.  
Original Text Name:  Mitra (?Thala) gonatophora
Original Genus:  Mitra (?Thala)
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name       Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000.  

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.17 [ The type specimens of M. gonatophora Sturany, which should be in NHMW, are now lost or misplaced (Dr. E. Wawra, in litt.). The original type figure agrees with the illustrated specimens in every respect, and fig. 2, pl. 4 from Sturany (1903) was designated as the illustrated lectotype by Cernohorsky (1991). ]  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) gonatophora Sturany, 1903
                                  Mitra (?Thala) gonatophora Sturany, 1903

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45856) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.