Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Vexillum semifasciatum (Lamarck, 1811)
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm

Synonymy

Mitra semifasciata Lamarck, 1811
Pusia callipicta Sarasúa, 1978
Vexillum josefinae Sarasúa, 1985

Details

Mitra semifasciata Lamarck, 1811,
[Basis of the current name]

Pusia callipicta Sarasúa, 1978a, p. 5-6, figs. 2a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Marianao, Habana, Cuba [apparently erroneous]
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
References: Sarasúa (1978a) M
Comments: Non Woodring, 1928; the holotype is indistinguishable from the Indo-Pacific Vexillum semifasciatum.

Vexillum (Pusia) josefinae Sarasúa, 1985, p. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Marianao, Habana, Cuba [apparently erroneous]
Comments: Replacement name for V. callipicta Sarasúa, 1978, non Woodring, 1928.

Partial List of References

Sarasúa, H. 1978. Especies nuevas de Mitridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) Poeyana 180 1-9. [Stated date: 25 Apr 1978.]
Sarasúa, H. 1985. Nuevo nombre para Pusia callipicta Sarasúa (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) y lista actualizida de las especies cubanas de la subfamilia Vexillinae Miscelanea Zoologica 27 1-2. [Stated date: 22 Mar 1985.]

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