WoRMS taxon details
Vexillum macrospira (A. Adams, 1853)
591509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591509)
accepted
Species
Mitra macrospira A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vexillum macrospirum (A. Adams, 1853) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet (macrospira is a noun in...)
macrospira is a noun in apposition
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mitra macrospira A. Adams, 1853) Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus <i>Mitra</i>, from the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 132-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859235#page/580/mode/1up
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vexillum macrospira (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591509 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mitra macrospira A. Adams, 1853) Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus <i>Mitra</i>, from the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 132-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859235#page/580/mode/1up
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
Other
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): 89, textfigs [details]
page(s): 89, textfigs [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Mitra macrospira A. Adams, 1853; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2384100) (from synonym Mitra macrospira A. Adams, 1853)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
