WoRMS taxon details
Vexillum japonicum A. Adams, 1864
821710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:821710)
accepted
Species
Costellaria japonica (A. Adams, 1864) · unaccepted
Mitra japonica A. Adams, 1864 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mitropifex hirasei Kira, 1962 · unaccepted
Vexillum (Costellaria) japonicum (A. Adams, 1864) · unaccepted
Vexillum hirasei (Kira, 1962) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mitra japonica A. Adams, 1864) Adams, A. (1864). On the species of Mitridae found in the Seas of Japan. <em>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 7: 198-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8581054
page(s): 198. [details]
page(s): 198. [details]
Type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vexillum japonicum A. Adams, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821710 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mitropifex hirasei Kira, 1962) Kira, T. (1962). Shells of the Western Pacific in Color. First edition. Hoikusha, Osaka, Japan, [vii], 224 pp., 72 pls. [details]
original description (of Mitra japonica A. Adams, 1864) Adams, A. (1864). On the species of Mitridae found in the Seas of Japan. <em>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 7: 198-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8581054
page(s): 198. [details]
basis of record Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
page(s): 288. [details]
original description (of Mitra japonica A. Adams, 1864) Adams, A. (1864). On the species of Mitridae found in the Seas of Japan. <em>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 7: 198-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8581054
page(s): 198. [details]
basis of record Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
page(s): 288. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
