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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Ovulidae 

Ovulum (Birostra) aurantium Sowerby, 1889

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Turbovula aurantium (Sowerby, 1889)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1889. p.11, pl. 1, fig. 15
BUMO holotype Port Elizabeth, SE Africa

Keywords

Original Epithet:  aurantium
Original Text Name:  Ovulum (Birostra) aurantium
Original Genus:  Ovulum (Birostra)

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Ovulidae Fleming, 1828
                          Turbovula Cate, 1973
                            Turbovula aurantium (Sowerby, 1889)
                              Ovulum (Birostra) aurantium Sowerby, 1889

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=88270) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.