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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra bicolor Swainson, 1824

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Imbricaria bicolor (Swainson, 1824)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Swainson, W. 1824. p.37
(illustration) lectotype Mauritius (by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1991)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  bicolor
Original Text Name:  Mitra bicolor Swainson, 1824
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.141 [ The type of Mitra bicolor Swainson is lost, and Swainson's subsequent and excellent illustration does not show the fine white hair-line ornamentation within the brown band. Cernohorsky (1991) designated fig. 2 on pl. 19 in Swainson (1829) as the illustrated lectotype of Mitra bicolor. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Imbricariinae
                            Imbricaria Schumacher, 1817
                              Imbricaria bicolor (Swainson, 1824)
                                Mitra bicolor Swainson, 1824

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46119) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.