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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra signa Bartsch, 1919

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Strigatella) retusa Lamarck, 1811

Types

Primary Type: holotype [] Bartsch, P. 1919. p.31
USNM (US National Museum) 231815 holotype holotype, 5 non-conspecific paratypes Dumurug Pt., Cataingan Bay, Masbate, Philippines

Keywords

Original Epithet:  signa
Nomenclatural Action: New Replacement Name       Bartsch, P. 1919.  
Original Text Name:  Mitra signa Bartsch, 1919
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.482 [ Cernohorsky (1976) has noted that Mitra signa Bartsch is a composite species: the holotype is M. retusa (USNM # 231815); 4 of the paratypes are M. paupercula and 1 paratype is M. litterata. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Strigatella) Swainson, 1840
                                Mitra (Strigatella) retusa Lamarck, 1811
                                  Mitra signa Bartsch, 1919

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46947) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.