OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae 

Vexillum (Costellaria) festum (Reeve, 1845)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra festa Reeve, 1845
   Vexillum (Pusia) festum Reeve, 1845
   Vexillum (Costellaria) festum Reeve, 1845
   Turricula bancalanensis Bartsch, 1918

Distribution

From Indonesia to the Marianas and Fiji Islands. "Indo-Pacific." {Arnaud2002}

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificMariana Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificFiji
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificMariana IslandsGuam
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)Phuket

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: subtidal [ to 35 fathoms ]
substrate: sand 
substrate: shell 

References

 Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J. C. & Martin, P. 2002. p.7 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.55 Contains synonymy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.114 [ additional reference type = General ]  Distribution
 Hinton, A. 1972. p.50 Distribution
 Salisbury, R. 2000. p.225 Distribution
 Salisbury, R. A. 1999. p.129 Distribution
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.16 Distribution
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.164 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Costellariidae
                          Vexillum Röding, 1798
                            Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
                              Vexillum (Costellaria) festum (Reeve, 1845)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13434) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-25.