MolluscaBase taxon details
Proximitra apicalis (F. W. Hutton, 1873) †
831293 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:831293)
accepted
Species
Mitra apicalis F. W. Hutton, 1873 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Proximitra tumens Finlay, 1930 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Vexillum apicalis F. W. Hutton, 1873 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Mitra apicalis F. W. Hutton, 1873 †) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Proximitra apicalis (F. W. Hutton, 1873) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831293 on 2025-07-05
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original description
(of Mitra apicalis F. W. Hutton, 1873 †) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp. [details]
original description (of Vexillum apicalis F. W. Hutton, 1873 †) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp. [details]
original description (of Proximitra tumens Finlay, 1930 †) Finlay, H. J. (1930). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds. Part 3. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 61, 49–84, 6 pls., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_61.bak/rsnz_61_01_000430.pdf
page(s): 62 [details]
basis of record Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 203 [details]
original description (of Vexillum apicalis F. W. Hutton, 1873 †) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum. <em>Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.</em> xvi + 48 pp. [details]
original description (of Proximitra tumens Finlay, 1930 †) Finlay, H. J. (1930). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds. Part 3. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 61, 49–84, 6 pls., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_61.bak/rsnz_61_01_000430.pdf
page(s): 62 [details]
basis of record Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518.
page(s): 203 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
