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Gastropoda unnamed Cerithiidae 

Cerithium contractum Sowerby, 1855

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Colina pinguis (A. Adams, 1854)

Types

Primary Type: holotype [not Cerithium contractum Bellardi, 1850] Sowerby, G.B. 1854. p.877, pl.184, fig.218
BMNH 1907.10.28.129 holotype

Keywords

Original Epithet:  contractum
Original Text Name:  Cerithium contractum
Original Genus:  Cerithium
Status of Name: Synonym       Houbrick, R.S. 1990. p.43 

References

 Houbrick, R.S. 1990. p.44 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Cerithiidae
                        Cerithiinae
                          Colina H. & A. Adams, 1854
                            Colina pinguis (A. Adams, 1854)
                              Cerithium contractum Sowerby, 1855

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=66014) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.