Voluta cornicula Linnaeus, 1758

Lectotype & Paralectotype

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. [figs.no. 362] [Original Description]

Current name:	Episcomitra cornicula Linnaeus, 1758 [source: WoRMS]
Classification:	Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mitroidea : Mitridae

Type Status:	Lectotype & Paralectotype [Verified - Jon Ablett ]
Collection:	The Linnean Society of London (The Linnean Shell Collection)
Catalogue No.:	LSL.351
No. specimens:	2 (Dry)
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Notes

Lectotype+ 1 paralectotype. Cernohorsky 1969 J.Linn.Soc.Zool.48:353; Rolán, Dantart and Fernandes 1997 La Conchiglia 285: 16

References

References are listed in chronological order. References containing the "Original Description" or "Type Designation" of Voluta cornicula Linnaeus, 1758 are highlighted in red.

Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]. [figs.no. 415] []

Hanley, S.C.T. 1855. Ipsa Linnaei Conchylia. The shells of Linnaeus, determined from his manuscripts and collection… Also, an exact reprint of the Vermes Testacea of the ‘Systema Naturae’ and ‘Mantissa’. London, 1855. [p. 225] []

Dodge H. 1953. A historical review of the mollusks of Linnaeus. Part 2, The class Cephalopoda and the genera Conus and Cypraea of the Class Gastropoda. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 103, article 1 [p. 102; pl.pt. 3] []

Dance, S. P. 1967. Report on the Linnaean shell collection. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 178. pp.1-24 [figs.0020125] []

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Voluta cornicula Linnaeus, 1758 Lectotype & Paralectotype

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Voluta cornicula Linnaeus, 1758

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