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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Murex dentifer Watson, 1883

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Haustellum dentifer (Watson, 1883)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Watson, R.B. 1883. p. 601
BMNH BMNH 1887.2.9.524 holotype Near Banda Island, Moluccas, Indonesia, 200-300 fathoms.

Keywords

Original Epithet:  dentifer
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Watson, R.B. 1883.  
Original Text Name:  Murex (Pteronotus) sp. (M. dentifer n. sp?)
Original Genus:  Murex
Status of Name: Synonym       Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974.  

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974.  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
                            Haustellum Schumacher, 1817
                              Haustellum dentifer (Watson, 1883)
                                Murex dentifer Watson, 1883

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=65549) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.