WoRMS taxon details
Decipifus sixaolus Olsson & McGinty, 1958
511826 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511826)
accepted
Species
Buccinum pulchellum C. B. Adams, 1851 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum pulchellum Blainville, 1829, and Buccinum pulchellum Dujardin, 1837
marine
Olsson, A. A. & McGinty, T. L. (1958). Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean Coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 39(177): 1-58, pls. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10645693
page(s): 36, pl. 2 figs 3, 3a [details]
page(s): 36, pl. 2 figs 3, 3a [details]
Type locality contained in Panamanian part of the Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Panamanian part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Decipifus sixaolus Olsson & McGinty, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511826 on 2026-09-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Olsson, A. A. & McGinty, T. L. (1958). Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean Coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 39(177): 1-58, pls. 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10645693
page(s): 36, pl. 2 figs 3, 3a [details]
original description (of Buccinum pulchellum C. B. Adams, 1851) Adams, C. B. (1851). Descriptions of new species and varieties of shells, which inhabit Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 8: 129-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796567#page/139/mode/1up
page(s): 130 [details]
page(s): 36, pl. 2 figs 3, 3a [details]
original description (of Buccinum pulchellum C. B. Adams, 1851) Adams, C. B. (1851). Descriptions of new species and varieties of shells, which inhabit Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 8: 129-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796567#page/139/mode/1up
page(s): 130 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 211900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Buccinum pulchellum C. B. Adams, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Malacopics (Decipifus sixaolus Olsson & McGinty, 1958 U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Buccinum pulchellum C. B. Adams, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Malacopics (Decipifus sixaolus Olsson & McGinty, 1958 U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas)
To ITIS