Species Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tiara catenata Broderip, W.J. 1836. Characters of new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1835: 192-197 [195].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] (includes full synonymy)

 

Generic Combinations

• Vexillum (Pusia) catenata (Broderip, 1836). —
  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 [57]
• Pusia catenatum (Broderip, 1836). —
  Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [573, pl. 285, fig. 102]
• Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific, from Mauritius to Hawaii and Pitcairn Island. Australian distribution from AMS collection.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [116, pl. 40, fig. 4]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [573, pl. 285, fig. 102]

Robin, A. & Martin, J-C. 2004. Mitridae Costellariidae. Paris : Xenophora 34 pp., 32 plates. [26, Pl. C-21]

Turner, H 1993. Is this really the real Vexillum catenatum Broderip? Hawaiian Shell News 41(8): 1, 6, figs 1-3 [1, 6, Figs. 1-3]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	COSTELLARIIDAE	18-Jul-2012	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)