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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra rutila Adams, 1853

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa Adams, 1853

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Adams, A. 1853. p.137
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1967873 lectotype lectotype [31.2 mm], 2 syntypes (no locality given)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  rutila
Original Text Name:  Mitra rutila Adams, 1853
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.444 [ Of three worn, weathered syntypes of M. rutila Adams in BMNH, Cernohorsky (1976) designated one specimen [31.2 mm long] the lectotype of M. rutila, and noted that the largest syntype [37.7 mm long] appears to be a very worn M. aurora Dohrn. ]  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) luctuosa Adams, 1853
                                  Mitra rutila Adams, 1853

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46919) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.