MolluscaBase - Mitra hastata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874

MolluscaBase name details

Mitra hastata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874

AphiaID

596879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596879)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Mitra hastata Karsten, 1849; Vexillum albatum is a replacement name)

Accepted name

Vexillum castum (H. Adams, 1872) accepted as Pilgrivexillum castum (H. Adams, 1872)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mitra Lamarck, 1798

Original name

Mitra hastata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874

Environment

marine

Original description

Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936976 [details]

Descriptive notes

Homonymy Substitute name for Turricula casta H. Adams, 1872, non Voluta casta Gmelin, 1791, but preoccupied by M. hastata Karsten, 1849.

Homonymy Substitute name for Turricula casta H. Adams, 1872, non Voluta casta Gmelin, 1791, but preoccupied by M. hastata Karsten, 1849. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mitra hastata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596879 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2012-04-04 14:18:28Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2013-09-18 08:10:42Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-06-13 02:02:16Z

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Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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original description Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936976 [details]

basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]

From editor or global species database

Homonymy Substitute name for Turricula casta H. Adams, 1872, non Voluta casta Gmelin, 1791, but preoccupied by M. hastata Karsten, 1849. [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)