original descriptionJousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(42): 335-338., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744 page(s): 335 [details]
additional sourceSpencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.[details]
new combination referenceHouart, 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): 135, 144. [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Varical flange broadly expanded adapically, extending to midway of siphonal canal;occasionally weak spiral sculpture; anal tube near preceding varix; [details]