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Gastropoda unnamed Planaxidae 

Simulathena papuensis Houbrick, 1992

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Simulathena papuensis Houbrick, 1992

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype Houbrick, R.S. 1992. p. 65, figs. 1-13
Australian Museum AMS AMS C166326 holotype Kairuku, Yuile Island, Central District, Papua New Guinea (8°50'S., 146°32'E.).
United States National Museum, Washington USNM 859456 paratype

Keywords

Original Epithet:  papuensis
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Houbrick, R.S. 1992.  
Original Text Name:  Simulathena papuensis
Original Genus:  Simulathena
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name       Houbrick, R.S. 1992.  

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Planaxidae Gray, 1850
                        Simulathena Houbrick, 1992
                          Simulathena papuensis Houbrick, 1992
                            Simulathena papuensis Houbrick, 1992

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=73240) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.