WoRMS taxon details
Vexillum caffrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
591539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591539)
accepted
Species
Mitra zonalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 · unaccepted
Voluta caffra Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Voluta caffra Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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page(s): 732 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vexillum caffrum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591539 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Voluta caffra Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 732 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Mitra zonalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2(2): 654, pl. 45bis figs 16-17 [details]
basis of record Wilson, B. (1994) <i>Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods</i>. Vol. 2 <i>Neogastropods</i>. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 370 pp.
page(s): 170, pl. 35 fig. 19 [details]
page(s): 732 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mitra zonalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2(2): 654, pl. 45bis figs 16-17 [details]
basis of record Wilson, B. (1994) <i>Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods</i>. Vol. 2 <i>Neogastropods</i>. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 370 pp.
page(s): 170, pl. 35 fig. 19 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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