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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra virgata Reeve, 1844

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Strigatella) retusa Lamarck, 1811

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 25, fig. 197a only
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1874.12.11.141 lectotype Luzon, Philippines [this may or may not correspond to the designated lectotype!]

Keywords

Original Epithet:  virgata
Original Text Name:  Mitra virgata Reeve, 1844
Original Genus:  Mitra
Status of Name: Primary Homonym 

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.482 [ Reeve's M. virgata [non Bosc, 1802] is a composite species consisting of M. retusa, illustrated in fig. 197a, and M. paupercula (Linnaeus), depicted in fig. 197b. Only the specimen of M. retusa, ex-Taylor coll., remains in the BMNH (= BMNH no. 1874.12.11.141) and this specimen was designated the lectotype of Mitra virgata Reeve by Cernohorsky (1976). ]  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 virgata Reeve, 1844

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48351) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.