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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra multisulcata Sowerby, 1914

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia subruppeli Finlay, 1927

Types

Primary Type: holotype [] Sowerby, G.B.(3rd) 1914. p.476, pl. 19, fig. 3
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1919.12.31.43 holotype "New Caledonia" [IN ERROR]; (Karachi, Pakistan by subsequent designation by Cernohorsky, 1976)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  multisulcata
Original Text Name:  Mitra multisulcata Sowerby, 1914
Original Genus:  Mitra
Status of Name: Primary Homonym 

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.428 [ Sowerby's locality indication of New Caledonia is erroneous, since this subspecies does not occur in the Pacific Ocean. Cernohorsky (1976) designated Karachi, Pakistan as the type locality (based on specimens in USNM). ]  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) aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
                                  Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia subruppeli Finlay, 1927
                                    Mitra multisulcata Sowerby, 1914

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=47934) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.