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.
Mitra Tabanula, Lk., var. Caledonica, Recluz
Mitra Tabanula, Lk., var. Caledonica, Recluz.
Recluz, Journ. Conch., iv., 1853, p. 248, pl. vii., fig. 7; Tryon, loc. cit., p. 146, pl. xlii., fig. 247.
A form represented by four specimens from the outer reef of Funafuti is thus doubtfully determined. It is smaller, smoother, and narrower than the shell figured by Recluz, but approaches nearer to it than to any other illustration.