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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra pura Adams, 1853

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Neocancilla circula (Kiener, 1838)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Adams, A. 1853. p.136
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1967852 lectotype lectotype [32.6 mm], 2 syntypes (non-conspecific) (no locality given)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  pura
Original Text Name:  Mitra pura
Original Genus:  Mitra

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.112 [ There are three syntypes of M. pura Adams in BMNH (no. 1967852) which are a mixture of N. circula Kiener and N. carnicolor Reeve; The 32.6 mm specimen, which is N. circula was designated the lectotype of M. pura Adams by Cernohorsky (1991). ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Imbricariinae
                            Neocancilla Cernohorsky, 1966
                              Neocancilla circula (Kiener, 1838)
                                Mitra pura Adams, 1853

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48974) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.