The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
Trochus obeliscus, Gmelin
Trochus obeliscus, Gmelin.
Pilsbry, Man. Conch, xi., 1889, p. 19, pl. ii., figs. 13, 14.
Several specimens were taken alive in shallow water in the lagoon associated with Mitra episcopalis.
Fischer quotes this from New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.