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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Turridae
Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969
Types
Primary Type: holotype [Powell, 1969: "This is the species erroneously claimed by Melvill (1917, Proc. Malac. Soc., 12, p. 153, pl. 10, fig. 2) to be Pleurotoma pyramidula Reeve, 1845..."] Powell, A.W.B. 1969. p. 314-315, pl. 245, figs. 1, 2
BMNH holotype Persian Gulf
Keywords
Original Epithet: melvilli
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon Powell, A.W.B. 1969.
Original Text Name: Paradrillia melvilli
Original Genus: Paradrillia
References
Powell, A.W.B. 1969. Synonomy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Turridae
Crassispirinae Morrison, 1966
Paradrillia Makiyama, 1940
Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969
Paradrillia melvilli Powell, 1969
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=49701) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.