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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra reevei Philippi, 1850

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Mitra) incompta Lightfoot, 1786

Types

Primary Type: Status unknown [] Philippi, R.A. 1850. p.23
Type Zanzibar
??? Status unknown Zanzibar

Keywords

Original Epithet:  reevei
Nomenclatural Action: New Replacement Name       Philippi, R.A. 1850.  
Original Text Name:  Mitra reevei
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.323 [ The type of M. reevei Philippi has probably been sold at auction of the Norris collection. The original locality indication is "South Seas" and Cernohorsky further restricted the type locality to Tutuila Island, Samoa Islands (specimen in USNM). ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck, 1798
                                Mitra (Mitra) incompta Lightfoot, 1786
                                  Mitra reevei Philippi, 1850

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46407) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.