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Cypraea gangrenosa var. melanosema Melvill, 1888

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Erosaria gangranosa reentsii (Dunker, 1852)

Types

[reprint (p.1-71) of original Melvill paper seen, synonymy occurs on p.41. Melvill 1888 has incorrectly spelt the synonym gangranosa Dillwyn 1817] Melvill, J.C. 1888. p.222
Mauritius

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Erosaria Troschel, 1863
                              Erosaria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817)
                                Erosaria gangranosa reentsii (Dunker, 1852)
                                  Cypraea gangrenosa var. melanosema Melvill, 1888

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54625) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.