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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Buccinidae 

Pisania townsendi Melvill, 1918

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Prodotia townsendi (Melvill, 1918)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Melvill, J.C. 1918. p. 140, pl. 4, fig. 5
BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1921.1.28.5 holotype Karachi, Pakistan.

Keywords

Original Epithet:  townsendi
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Melvill, J.C. 1918.  
Original Text Name:  Pisania townsendi
Original Genus:  Pisania
Status of Name: Synonym       Cernohorsky, W. O. 1975.  

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1975.  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Buccinidae
                          Pisaniinae
                            Prodotia Dall, 1924
                              Prodotia townsendi (Melvill, 1918)
                                Pisania townsendi Melvill, 1918

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=64817) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.