North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

413708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413708)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Pusia Swainson, 1840

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Vexillum Röding, 1798

Original name

Tiara (Pusia) Swainson, 1840

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Species Vexillum (Pusia) depexum (Deshayes, 1833) accepted as Eupusia depexa (Deshayes, 1833)
Species Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Ebenomitra ebenus (Lamarck, 1811)
Species Vexillum (Pusia) zebrinum (A. d'Orbigny, 1840) accepted as Pusia zebrina (A. d'Orbigny, 1840)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 320 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413708 on 2026-07-20

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=413708 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-09-07 08:24:08Z

created

Robin, Alain

2012-10-11 16:13:36Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-03-06 17:33:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2026-01-03 18:55:28Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of ) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 320 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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