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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Ovulidae 

Ovulum pyriformis Sowerby, 1828

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Margovula pyriformis (Sowerby, 1828)

Types

Primary Type: holotype [] Sowerby, G.B. 1828. p.151
BMNH 1969135 holotype "Hab. ad littora Novae Cambriae Meridionalis [NSW] designated "below the low tide mark, Mackay, Queensland"

Keywords

Original Epithet:  pyriformis
Original Text Name:  Ovulum pyriformis Sowerby, 1828
Original Genus:  Ovulum

References

 Cate, C.N. 1973. p.16 Synonomy
 Cate, C.N. 1973. p.17 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Ovulidae Fleming, 1828
                          Margovula Iredale, 1935
                            Margovula pyriformis (Sowerby, 1828)
                              Ovulum pyriformis Sowerby, 1828

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8768) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.