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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Ovulidae 

Bulla ovum Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype [] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.725
LSL 327 lectotype "Ocean Asiatica" restricted to Rossel Island, E Papua New Guinea

Keywords

Original Epithet:  ovum
Original Text Name:  Bulla ovum
Original Genus:  Bulla

References

 Cate, C.N. 1973. p.64 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Ovulidae Fleming, 1828
                          Ovula Bruguière, 1789
                            Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
                              Bulla ovum Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8775) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.