MolluscaBase 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 superseded combination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 at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=753839 on 2025-09-11
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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]
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): 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]
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]
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