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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra nivosa Küster, 1839

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Mitra (Strigatella) auriculoides Reeve, 1845

Types

[] Küster, H.C. 1839. p.100, pl. 17, figs. 16-17
???? ex coll. Duke of Gotha type (no locality given)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  nivosa
Original Text Name:  Mitra nivosa Küster, 1839
Original Genus:  Mitra
Status of Name: Primary Homonym 

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.485 [ The current whereabouts of the type specimen of M. nivosa Küster (non Swainson), which used to be in the collection of the Duke of Gotha, are unknown. ]  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) auriculoides Reeve, 1845
                                  Mitra nivosa Küster, 1839

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48463) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.