WoRMS taxon details
Vexillum intermedium (Kiener, 1838)
754858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:754858)
accepted
Species
Mitra (Harpaeformis) lupulina Lesson, 1842 · uncertain
Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 · unaccepted
Mitra intermedia Kiener, 1838 · unaccepted (original combination)
Vexillum (Vexillum) intermedium (Kiener, 1838) · unaccepted
Vexillum rugosum intermediatum [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine
(of Mitra intermedia Kiener, 1838) Kiener L.C. (1834-1841). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles.
Vol. 3. Famille des Columellaires. Genres Mitre (<i>Mitra</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-120, pl. 1-34 [pp. 1-48 (1838); 39-120 (1839); pl. 1-31 (1838); 32-34 (1839) ]; Volute (<i>Voluta</i>), Linné, pp. 1-70, pl. 1-51 [pp. 1-70 (1839); pl. 1-8, 10-19, 33, 35, 38-39, 45-48, 50 (1838); 9, 20-32, 34, 36-37, 40-44, 49, 51-52 (1839)]; Marginelle (<i>Marginella</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-44, pl. 1-13 [pp. 1-30 (1834); 31-44 (1841); pl. 1-9 (1834); 10-13 (1841)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87624
page(s): pl. 22 fig. 70 [1838]; 73 [1839] [details]
page(s): pl. 22 fig. 70 [1838]; 73 [1839] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vexillum intermedium (Kiener, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754858 on 2026-10-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mitra intermedia Kiener, 1838) Kiener L.C. (1834-1841). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles.
Vol. 3. Famille des Columellaires. Genres Mitre (<i>Mitra</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-120, pl. 1-34 [pp. 1-48 (1838); 39-120 (1839); pl. 1-31 (1838); 32-34 (1839) ]; Volute (<i>Voluta</i>), Linné, pp. 1-70, pl. 1-51 [pp. 1-70 (1839); pl. 1-8, 10-19, 33, 35, 38-39, 45-48, 50 (1838); 9, 20-32, 34, 36-37, 40-44, 49, 51-52 (1839)]; Marginelle (<i>Marginella</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-44, pl. 1-13 [pp. 1-30 (1834); 31-44 (1841); pl. 1-9 (1834); 10-13 (1841)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87624
page(s): pl. 22 fig. 70 [1838]; 73 [1839] [details]
original description (of Mitra (Harpaeformis) lupulina Lesson, 1842) Lesson, R.P. (1842). <i>Mitra (Harpaeformis) lupulina</i>, Ile de Zanzibar. <em>L'Echo du Monde Savant.</em> 9, Semestre 2(3): column 65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47080978 [details]
original description (of Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells from China, Japan, and the Andaman Islands, chiefly collected by Deputy Surgeon-Gen. R. Hungerford. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26: 565-570, pl. 28. [April 1889]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28691272 [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 181. [details]
page(s): pl. 22 fig. 70 [1838]; 73 [1839] [details]
original description (of Mitra (Harpaeformis) lupulina Lesson, 1842) Lesson, R.P. (1842). <i>Mitra (Harpaeformis) lupulina</i>, Ile de Zanzibar. <em>L'Echo du Monde Savant.</em> 9, Semestre 2(3): column 65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47080978 [details]
original description (of Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells from China, Japan, and the Andaman Islands, chiefly collected by Deputy Surgeon-Gen. R. Hungerford. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26: 565-570, pl. 28. [April 1889]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28691272 [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 181. [details]
Other
additional source
Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 45, pl. 30, fig. 13 [details]
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): 84, textfigs [details]
page(s): 45, pl. 30, fig. 13 [details]
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): 84, textfigs [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mitra intermedia Kiener, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
To Malacopics (Vexillum intermedium (Kiener, 1838) Mozambique, Conducia, off Chocas, in sand, at 2...
To NHMUK collection (Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3078993) (from synonym Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
To Malacopics (Vexillum intermedium (Kiener, 1838) Mozambique, Conducia, off Chocas, in sand, at 2...
To NHMUK collection (Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3078993) (from synonym Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
