OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Marginellidae
Marginella gigas Martens, 1904Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Marginellona gigas (Martens, 1904)
Types
Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype Martens, E. von 1904. p.108-109, pl.5, fig.16
USNM 237018 holotype W of Sombrero Channel, Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean, 07°48'N, 92°07'E, in 805 m
USNM 637251 paratype
Keywords
Original Epithet: gigas
Original Text Name: Marginella (Marginellona) gigas
Original Genus: Marginella
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name Harasewych, M.G. & Kantor, Y.I. 1991. p.3
References
Harasewych, M.G. & Kantor, Y.I. 1991. Type locality
Harasewych, M.G. & Kantor, Y.I. 1991. Type information
Harasewych, M.G. & Kantor, Y.I. 1991. p.4 Type illustration
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Marginellidae Fleming, 1828
Marginelloninae Coan, 1965
Marginellona Martens, 1904
Marginellona gigas (Martens, 1904)
Marginella gigas Martens, 1904
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=69195) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.