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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra gracilis Reeve, 1844

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Domiporta gloriola (Cernohorsky, 1970)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 5, sp. 31
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1967772 lectotype lectotype [59.8 mm] paralectotype [54.4 mm] Ticao Island, Philippines, 6 fms

Keywords

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

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.97 [ Three syntypes of Mitra gracilis Reeve (= Domiporta gloriola) are in the BMNH, No. 1967772. The smallest specimen is an individual of D. granatina (Lamarck), and the largest 59.8 mm specimen was designated as the lectotype by Cernohorsky (1991) and the second largest, 54.4 mm specimen was designated as the paralectotype by Cernohorsky. ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Imbricariinae
                            Domiporta Cernohorsky, 1970
                              Domiporta gloriola (Cernohorsky, 1970)
                                Mitra gracilis Reeve, 1844

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48908) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.