MolluscaBase name details
original description
Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]
source of synonymy
Houart, R, Buge, B. & Zuccon, D. (2021). A taxonomic update of the Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a review of New Caledonia species and the description of new species from New Caledonia, the South China Sea and Western Australia. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 44(2): 103–147.
page(s): 137.; note: First reviser. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Diagnosis Four heavy, rounded, ropelike varices; only apertural varix with varical flange; Apertural varix with upward curved, sharp, shoulder spine; spine of other varices strongly inwards pointed; Tubes near preceding varix, adpressed to preceding partition; radula different from any other genus. [details]