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.
Murex adustus, Lamarck
Murex adustus, Lamarck.
Tryon, Man. Conch., ii., 1880, p. 90, pl. xv, figs. 148, 149; pl. xxiv., figs. 210-212; pl. xxv, fig. 217.
Common in shallow water in the lagoon of Funafuti.
Noted from Lifu by Melvill and Standen, and represented in this Museum from New Caledonia.