WoRMS taxon details
Vexillum obeliscus (Reeve, 1844)
753839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:753839)
accepted
Species
Costellaria obeliscus (Reeve, 1844) · unaccepted
Mitra (Turricula) obeliscus Reeve, 1844 · unaccepted
Mitra obeliscus Reeve, 1844 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mitropifex quasillus Iredale, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turricula (Costellaria) obeliscus (Reeve, 1844) · unaccepted
Vexillum (Costellaria) obeliscus (Reeve, 1844) · unaccepted
marine
(of Mitra obeliscus Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus <i>Mitra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-7, August 1844; pl. 8-15, September 1844; pl. 16-19, October 1844; pl. 20-23, November 1844; pl. 24-27, December 1844; pl. 28-29, January 1845; pl. 30 imprinted March 1844, presumably March 1845; pl. 31-39, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937231
page(s): pl. 15, fig. 107 [details]
page(s): pl. 15, fig. 107 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vexillum obeliscus (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=753839 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mitra obeliscus Reeve, 1844) Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus <i>Mitra</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-7, August 1844; pl. 8-15, September 1844; pl. 16-19, October 1844; pl. 20-23, November 1844; pl. 24-27, December 1844; pl. 28-29, January 1845; pl. 30 imprinted March 1844, presumably March 1845; pl. 31-39, March 1845]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937231
page(s): pl. 15, fig. 107 [details]
original description (of Mitropifex quasillus Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 5(4): 337-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709514
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Mitra (Turricula) obeliscus var. andamanica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1875). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 44(2): 83-104, pls. 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192018
page(s): 99-100, pl. 8 figs 19-20 [details]
page(s): pl. 15, fig. 107 [details]
original description (of Mitropifex quasillus Iredale, 1929) Iredale, T. (1929). Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 5(4): 337-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709514
page(s): 346 [details]
original description (of Mitra (Turricula) obeliscus var. andamanica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875) Nevill, G. & Nevill, H. (1875). Descriptions of new marine Mollusca from the Indian Ocean. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 44(2): 83-104, pls. 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192018
page(s): 99-100, pl. 8 figs 19-20 [details]
Other
additional source
Salisbury, R., Gori, S. & Rosado, J. (2024). Costellariidae (Gastropoda) from Mozambique with the description of 10 new Indo-Pacific species. <em>Visaya.</em> supplement 19: 3-116.
page(s): 96, textfig., pl. 7 fig. 4; note: lectotype illustrated [details]
page(s): 96, textfig., pl. 7 fig. 4; note: lectotype illustrated [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Costellaria obeliscus (Reeve, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mitra obeliscus Reeve, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Malacopics (Vexillum obeliscus (Reeve, 1844) Philippines, Central Visayas, Bohol, collected Mar...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Vexillum (Costellaria) obeliscus (Reeve, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Costellaria obeliscus (Reeve, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Mitra obeliscus Reeve, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Malacopics (Vexillum obeliscus (Reeve, 1844) Philippines, Central Visayas, Bohol, collected Mar...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Vexillum (Costellaria) obeliscus (Reeve, 1844))
