Species Vexillum amabile (Reeve, 1845)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mitra amabilis Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 33, fig. 274].
• Mitra encausta Gould, A.A. 1850. Shells collected by the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 169-172 [172].

 

Generic Combinations

• Vexillum (Pusia) amabile (Reeve, 1845). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [167]
• Vexillum amabile (Reeve, 1845).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west and central Pacific. Australian distribution from Wilson (1994) and AMS collection. Wilson (1994) gave the distribution as Dampier Archipelago, WA, to Queensland, but there are insufficient records available to support a continuous distribution across northern Australia. Additional records to Wilson (1994): Coral Sea region 18 ( AMS C.326437); Elizabeth Reef (AMS C.384790)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp. [5]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190 [56]

Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259 [221]

Taylor, J.D. 1986. Diets of sand living predatory gastropods at Piti Bay, Guam. Asian Marine Biology 3: 47-58 [50] (as Pusia amabile)

Turner, H. 1989. Ungewöhnliche und neue Mitroidea aus dem Indopazifik. Teil 1. Club Conchylia Informationen 21(5/6): 30-62

Wils, E. & Verbinnen, G. 2002. Red Sea Mollusca: Part 12. Class Gastropoda; Family: Costellariidae. Gloria Maris 41(1-2): 29-37 [35]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [167, text fig.]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	COSTELLARIIDAE	19-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		09-Nov-2011	MODIFIED