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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Turridae 

Pleurotoma arcana E. A. Smith, 1899

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Comitas arcana (E. A. Smith, 1899)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Smith, E.A. 1899. p. 239
Indian Museum, Calcutta holotype Off Andaman Islands in 185 metres.

Keywords

Original Epithet:  arcana
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Smith, E.A. 1899.  
Original Text Name:  Pleurotoma (Surcula) arcana
Original Genus:  Pleurotoma
Status of Name: Synonym       Powell, A.W.B. 1969.  

References

 Powell, A.W.B. 1969. p. 272 [ Powell places species in genus as " ?Comitas " ]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Turridae
                          Cochlespirinae Powell, 1942
                            Comitas Finlay, 1926
                              Comitas arcana (E. A. Smith, 1899)
                                Pleurotoma arcana E. A. Smith, 1899

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=49373) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.