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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Voluta vitulina Dillwyn, 1817

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Nebularia) ferruginea Lamarck, 1811

Types

[] Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. p.553
ZMUC? [ex Chemnitz ?] type "East Indian seas"

Keywords

Original Epithet:  vitulina
Original Text Name:  Voluta vitulina
Original Genus:  Voluta

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.399 [ The whereabouts of the type-specimen of Voluta vitulina Dillwyn is unknown, but may be among Chemnitz's unsorted material in ZMUC. ]  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) ferruginea Lamarck, 1811
                                  Voluta vitulina Dillwyn, 1817

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46722) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.