original description
Tiba R. (1973). Description of a new species of the genus Volutopsius. V. pallidus n.sp. (Buccinidae) from Northwestern Japan. <em>Venus. Japanese Journal of Malacology.</em> 32(2): 29-32.
page(s): 29, pl. 2, fig. 1, 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Okutani T. (2017). Family Buccinidae. Pp. 917-939, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
additional source
Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 96 [details]
additional source
Golikov A.N. & Sirenko B.I. (1998) Prosobranch gastropods of the continental slope of Kurile Islands.[In Russian] <i>Ruthenica</i> 8(2): 91–135.
page(s): 110, fig. 6 J [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Japan, off Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, 400 m deep [details]