| Type | PARATYPES |
| Catalogue # | OSUM 6493 |
| Type locality | gravel, 100 fms., Albatross Station 3643, SE of Kamchatka, Bering Sea, Alaska, [USA] |
| Collector(s) | Albatross Expedition |
| Date collected | 1887-1888 |
| # Specimens | 2 dry |
| Description | Proceedings of the US National Museum 56: 325 |
| Remarks | |
| Current status | Buccinum pemphigus major Dall, 1919 |