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Pterocera chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 215029

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Stromboidea (Superfamily) > Strombidae (Family) > Pterocera (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Lambis chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Pterocera Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Lambis Röding, 1798
Source  source of synonymy: Walls, J.G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong. [details]

Distribution Madagascar [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215029
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2001-11-17 14:06:08Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2002-07-21 12:48:32Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-03-13 09:11:52Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Pterocera chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215029 on 2013-05-24
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