original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 153 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Not available (nomen nudum) from Gray, 1840 [Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42, first printing: 147; 1842, ed. 44: 60]. Not made invalid by Vibex Rafinesque, 1815 [Muricidae], which is a nomen nudum; nor by Vibex Oken, 1815 [Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, 3(1): 258, 260], which was published in a work placed on the Official Index. However, Vibex Gray has consistently been treated as invalid and its junior objective synonym Pachymelania is in current use. [details]