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Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793) AphiaID: 476531 . Animalia (Reino) > Mollusca (Filo) > Gastropoda (Classe) > Caenogastropoda (Subclasse) > Littorinimorpha (Ordem) > Tonnoidea (Superfamilia) > Cymatiidae (Familia) Natural History Museum Rotterdam Natural History Museum Rotterdam Sinónimos Cymatium (Cabestana) parthenopius (Salis Marschlins, 1793) Cymatium (Cabestana) parthenopius var. robusta Bellatante, 1954 Cymatium (Linatella) valentinei Olsson & Petit, 1964 Cymatium (Monoplex) echo Kuroda & Habe [in Kira], 1959 Cymatium (Monoplex) echo iwakawanum sensu Kuroda & Kira Shikama, 1964 Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793) Cymatium (Septa) parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793) Cymatium doliarium var. minor Segre, 1952 Cymatium echo Kuroda & Habe, 1958 Cymatium parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793) Cymatium parthenopeum parthenopeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793) Cymatium turtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890) Dissentoma prima Pilsbry, 1945 Monoplex australasiae Perry, 1811 Murex costatus Born, 1778 Murex costulatus Risso, 1826 1 Murex doliare Brocchi, 1814 Murex intermedius Brocchi, 1814 Murex parthenopeus Salis Marschlins, 1793 Ranella parthenopaeum (Salis Marschlins, 1793) Ranella pyramidata Risso, 1826 Septa (Monoplex) parthenopea (Salis Marschlins, 1793) Septa (Monoplex) parthenopea echo Beu, 1970 Triton (Simpulum) acclivis Hutton, 1873 Triton abbreviatus Bellardi, 1873 Triton acclivis Hutton, 1873 Triton americanum d’Orbigny, 1847 Triton brasilianum Gould, 1849 Triton fossatum Gould, 1860 Triton olearium var. escoﬃerae Fontannes, 1879 Triton parthenopaeum [sic] Triton parthenopaeum var. antupa de Gregorio, 1885 Triton parthenopaeum var. milona de Gregorio, 1884 Triton parthenopaeum var. peribranta de Gregorio, 1884 Triton parthenopaeum var. sbilpa de Gregorio, 1885 Triton parthenopaeum var. stimum de Gregorio, 1885 Triton succinctum Lamarck, 1816 Tritonium hirsutum Franseschini, 1906 Tritonium hirsutum Franseschini, 1906 Referências basis of record Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls. [details] context source (HKRMS) Morton B. & Morton JE. (1983). The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. [details] Última atualização: 29 Out. 2018 2.

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