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Mitra littoralis Forbes, 1844

749278  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:749278)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Mitroidea (Superfamily)
  8. Mitridae (Family)
  9. Mitrinae (Subfamily)
  10. Mitra (Genus)
  11. Mitra littoralis (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine
Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mitra littoralis Forbes, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=749278 on 2025-04-13
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Gofas, Serge

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Nomenclature

original description Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789 [details] 

Other

additional source Jeffreys J.G. (1870). Mediterranean Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 6: 65-86., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29404572
page(s): 84; note: treated, upon examination of the type specimen, as a synonym of Mitra cornicula [sic] (Linnaeus, 1758), based on a juvenile shell. [details] 

additional source Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171 pl. 1-28 [1887]. Part 2: 1-16 pl. 29-32 [1888] 17-40 pl. 33-38 [1889] 41-104 pl. 39-50 [1900] 105-139 pl. 51-58 [1901]. Part 3: 1-24 pl. 59-62 [1902] 25-200 pl. 63-78 [1903] 201-272 pl. 79-84, 86-87 [1904] 273-406 [1905]. Part 4: 1-80 pl. 99-114 [1906] 81-172 pl. 115-126 [1908]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10278
page(s): part 1, p. 55, pl. 43 fig. 17-18 [details] 

additional source Monterosato, T. A. di. (1875). Nuova rivista delle Conchiglie Mediterranee. Atti dell'Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Palermo, New Series. 5(1): 1-50 [December 31st, 1875]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48623963
page(s): 45; note: acting as first revisor for giving precedence of Mitra littoralis over Mitra granum published simultaneously [details] 

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