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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae 

Vexillum (Costellaria) angustissimum (Smith, 1903)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra angustissimum Smith, 1903
   Vexillum angustissimum (E. A. Smith, 1903)

Distribution

From the Red Sea to the Fiji Islands "Not common in Australia." {WILSON1993B}

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificFiji
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.30 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaMaldives
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificFiji
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Northern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal and subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: in sand and mud 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.54 Contains synonymy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.111 [ additional reference type = General ]  Distribution
 Wils, E. & Verbinnen, G. 2002. p.30 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.162 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Costellariidae
                          Vexillum Röding, 1798
                            Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
                              Vexillum (Costellaria) angustissimum (Smith, 1903)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13384) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-25.