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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Mitra) boswellae Cate, 1964

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Mitra) guttata Swainson, 1824

Types

Primary Type: holotype [] Cate, J. 1964. p.219, pl. 28, figs. 1a-b
SAMC A-29799 holotype off Durban, Natal, South Africa

Keywords

Original Epithet:  boswellae
Original Text Name:  Mitra (Mitra) boswellae Cate, 1964
Original Genus:  Mitra (Mitra)

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.326 [ The origin and locality of the holotype of M. boswellae J. Cate, is unknown, and the describer's indication of "off Durban, Natal, southeast Africa, ex-pisces" has been based on mere speculation. In a letter written by Mrs. Boswell, and accompanying the holotype, it is made quite clear that she received the holotype of M. boswellae in a box of shells whose origin was unknown, and the locality Durban, and the fact that it came from the stomach of a fish, were simply assumptions. ]  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) guttata Swainson, 1824
                                  Mitra (Mitra) boswellae Cate, 1964

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46416) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.