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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda unnamed Cerithiidae 

Cerithium alternatum Sowerby, 1855

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Cerithium zonatum (Wood, 1828)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [not Cerithium alternatum Hutton, 1873.] Sowerby, G.B. 1854. p.872, pl.179, fig.70
BMNH 19861671 lectotype Ticao Island, Philippines

Keywords

Original Epithet:  alternatum
Original Text Name:  Cerithium alternatum
Original Genus:  Cerithium
Status of Name: Synonym       Houbrick, R.S. 1992. p.193 

References

 Houbrick, R.S. 1992. p.193 Type information
 Houbrick, R.S. 1992. p.194 Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Cerithiidae
                        Cerithiinae
                          Cerithium Bruguière, 1789
                            Cerithium zonatum (Wood, 1828)
                              Cerithium alternatum Sowerby, 1855

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=65757) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.