MolluscaBase - Dolichotoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) †

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Dolichotoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) †

AphiaID

1617379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1617379)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Bathytoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Dolichotoma Bellardi, 1875 † accepted as Bathytoma G. F. Harris & Burrows, 1891

Original name

Murex cataphractus Brocchi, 1814 †

Direct children (4)

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Variety Dolichotoma cataphracta var. appenninica Sacco, 1890 † accepted as Bathytoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Dolichotoma cataphracta var. dertogranosa Sacco, 1890 † accepted as Bathytoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Dolichotoma cataphracta var. taurodenticulata Sacco, 1890 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Dolichotoma cataphracta var. taurosubacarinata Sacco, 1890 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Murex cataphractus Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 427-428, pl. 8, fig. 16 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dolichotoma cataphracta (Brocchi, 1814) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1617379 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2022-12-24 07:49:55Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (2)

original description (of Murex cataphractus Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 427-428, pl. 8, fig. 16 [details]

basis of record Bellardi, L. (1877). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 364 pp., 9 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45375
page(s): 230, pl. 7 figs 20a-d [details]