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Gastropoda unnamed Cerithiidae 

Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834

Types

Primary Type: neotype [] Sowerby, G.B. 1834. p.273, pl.213
BMNH 19862841 neotype Philippines

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 100 m (Kay 1979) ]
depth: intertidal [ (Kay 1979) ]
depth: subtidal [ (Kay 1979) ]
Original Epithet:  columna
habitat: tide pools [ (Kay 1979) ]
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Sowerby, G.B. 1834. p.49 
Original Text Name:  Cerithium columna
Original Genus:  Cerithium
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name       Houbrick, R.S. 1978. p.49 

References

  .  General reference
 Houbrick, R.S. 1978. p.50 Type illustration

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Cerithiidae
                        Cerithiinae
                          Cerithium Bruguière, 1789
                            Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834
                              Cerithium columna Sowerby, 1834

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7319) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.