Cerithium violaceum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

Cerithium violaceum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: 134, pl. 55, fig. 22–23.

Triforis violacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) — Dunker 1861: 10.

Triforis violaceus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) — Tryon 1887: 182, pl. 38, fig. 11.

Trifora violacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) — Viader 1937: 43.

Triphora violacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) — Kuroda & Habe 1952: 91.

Iniforis violaceus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) — Laseron 1958: 579, fig. 1–5.

Type locality. Papua New Guinea, New Ireland.

Type material. Type material not located so far.

Distribution. Australia (Laseron 1958; Chang & Wu 2005), Australia, Christmas Island (Tomlin 1935), Australia, Cocos Islands (Wells 1994), China (Feng 1996), China Sea (Zongguo & Mao 2012), Fiji (Schmeltz 1874; Tryon 1887; Chang & Wu 2005), Japan (Dunker 1861; Dunker 1882; Pilsbry 1895; Kuroda & Habe 1952; Higo et al. 1999; Chang & Wu 2005), Marshall Islands (Kosuge 1990), Mauritius (Martens 1880; Viader 1937), New Caledonia (Tryon 1887; Hervier 1898; Hervier 1899; Chang & Wu 2005), New Zealand, Cook Islands (Schmeltz 1874), Papua New Guinea, New ireland (Quoy & Gaimard 1834, Kiener 1841; Dunker 1882; Tryon 1887; Laseron 1958), Polynesia (Martens 1880), Samoa (Schmeltz 1874), Solomon Islands (Marshall 1983), Taiwan (Chang 1997; Chang & Wu 2005; Chang 2006a).