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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Turridae 

Murex elegans Wood, 1828

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Lophioturris polytropa (Helbling, 1779)

Types

Primary Type: Type Wood, W. 1828. p. 15, pl. 5, fig. 8b
BMNH Type

Keywords

Original Epithet:  elegans
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Wood, W. 1828.  
Original Text Name:  Murex elegans
Original Genus:  Murex
Status of Name: Synonym       Powell, A.W.B. 1964.  

References

 Powell, A.W.B. 1964.  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Turridae
                          Turrinae
                            Lophioturris Powell, 1964
                              Lophioturris polytropa (Helbling, 1779)
                                Murex elegans Wood, 1828

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=51721) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.