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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda unnamed Cerithiidae 

Cerithium turritum Sowerby, 1855

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Rhinoclavis (Proclava) sordidula (Gould, 1849)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype Sowerby, G.B. 1854. p.860
BM(NH) 197416 lectotype Burias Island, Philippines

Keywords

Original Epithet:  turritum
Original Text Name:  Cerithium turritum
Original Genus:  Cerithium
Status of Name: Synonym       Houbrick, R.S. 1978. p.71 

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Cerithiidae
                        Cerithiinae
                          Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840
                            Rhinoclavis (Proclava) Thiele, 1929
                              Rhinoclavis (Proclava) sordidula (Gould, 1849)
                                Cerithium turritum Sowerby, 1855

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=60612) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.