OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Buccinidae
Awateria challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891)Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Belomitra challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891)
Keywords
Original Epithet: challengeri
Status of Name: Changed Combination
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name [ Regarding Awateria Hedley says: "Hitherto the genus has only been known from the Pliocene of New Zealand. Now it is proposed to utilise Awateria for the reception of Pleurotoma challengeri Smith, a recent deep water species from off Sydney."
] Hedley, C. 1922. p. 232
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Buccinoidea
Buccinidae
Unplaced
Belomitra Fischer, 1882
Belomitra challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891)
Awateria challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60424) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.