original description
Hadfield, M. G. & Kay, E. A. In: Hadfield, M.G., Kay, E.A, Gillette, M.U. & Lloyd, M.C. (1972). The Vermetidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 12(1): 81-98., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/30847385_The_Vermetidae_Mollusca_Gastropoda_of_the_Hawaiian_Islands
page(s): 92-94 [details]
basis of record
OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. , available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]
additional source
Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 23 [details]
source of synonymy
Golding, R. E.; Bieler, R.; Rawlings, T. A.; Collins, T. M. (2014). Deconstructing <i>Dendropoma</i>: a systematic revision of a world-wide worm-snail group with descriptions of new genera (Caenogastropoda: Vermetidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 57(1): 1-97.
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology "The term "alii" is the Hawaiian word for chief or royalty and was chosen as the specific epithet because of the large size and purple and yellow coloration of the species." [details]