WoRMS taxon details
Vexillum praetextum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
1782420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1782420)
accepted
Species
Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 249-259 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555089
page(s): 258 [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vexillum praetextum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1782420 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 249-259 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555089
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Mitra</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936976
page(s): 33, pl. 363 fig. 198; note: name attributed by Sowerby to A. Adams [details]
basis of record 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): 101, textfigs [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Mitra</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936976
page(s): 33, pl. 363 fig. 198; note: name attributed by Sowerby to A. Adams [details]
basis of record 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): 101, textfigs [details]
