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Pleurotoma fossata Sowerby, 1903

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Tropidoturris fossata (Sowerby, 1903)

Types

Primary Type: syntype Sowerby, G. B. 1903. p. 214, pl. 3, fig. 5
SAM (South African Museum, Cape Town) A346 syntype South Africa: 9.5 miles off Cape Vidal, 80-100 fathoms

Keywords

Original Epithet:  fossata
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Sowerby, G. B. 1903.  
Original Text Name:  Pleurotoma (Drillia) fossata
Original Genus:  Pleurotoma
Status of Name: Synonym       Kilburn, R.N. 1986.  

References

 Kilburn, R.N. 1986.  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Clathurellinae H. & A. Adams, 1858
                            Tropidoturris Kilburn, 1986
                              Tropidoturris fossata (Sowerby, 1903)
                                Pleurotoma fossata Sowerby, 1903

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53278) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.