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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Venustas couperi Vella, 1954

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Calliostoma (Maurea) blacki (Powell, 1950)

Types

Primary Type: holotype [Vella, 1954:543, pl.25, fig.6]
NZGS TM 4995 holotype E side of Makara Stream, N of Te Awaite cutting, Wairarapa

Keywords

Original Epithet:  couperi
Original Text Name:  Venustas couperi
Original Genus:  Venustas
Subsequent Action: Places name in synonomy       Marshall 1995. p.102 

References

 Marshall 1995. p.104 Type locality
 Marshall 1995. [ Vella, 1954:543, pl.25, fig.6 ]  Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924
                        Calliostoma Swainson, 1840
                          Calliostoma (Maurea) Oliver, 1926
                            Calliostoma (Maurea) blacki (Powell, 1950)
                              Venustas couperi Vella, 1954

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=70446) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.