WoRMS taxon details
Pustulatirus virginensis (Abbott, 1958)
420048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420048)
accepted
Species
Latirus (Polygona) virginensis Abbott, 1958 · unaccepted (original combination)
Latirus karinae Nowell-Usticke, 1969 · unaccepted
marine
(of Latirus (Polygona) virginensis Abbott, 1958) Abbott, R. T. (1958). The marine mollusks of Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. <em>Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph.</em> 11: 1–138, 5 pls.
page(s): 76-77, pl. 2 fig. r [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 76-77, pl. 2 fig. r [details] Available for editors
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pustulatirus virginensis (Abbott, 1958). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420048 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Latirus (Polygona) virginensis Abbott, 1958) Abbott, R. T. (1958). The marine mollusks of Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. <em>Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph.</em> 11: 1–138, 5 pls.
page(s): 76-77, pl. 2 fig. r [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Latirus karinae Nowell-Usticke, 1969) Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls. [details]
basis of record Lyons, W. G. & Snyder, M. A. (2013). The genus <i>Pustulatirus</i> Vermeij and Snyder, 2006 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Peristerniinae) in the Western Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3636(1): 35-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.2 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 76-77, pl. 2 fig. r [details] Available for editors
original description (of Latirus karinae Nowell-Usticke, 1969) Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls. [details]
basis of record Lyons, W. G. & Snyder, M. A. (2013). The genus <i>Pustulatirus</i> Vermeij and Snyder, 2006 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Peristerniinae) in the Western Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3636(1): 35-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.2 [details] Available for editors
Other
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality