OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae 

Vexillum (Costellaria) malleopunctum Cernohorsky, 1981

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Vexillum malleopunctum Cernohorsky, 1981

Distribution

southwestern Australia (Geographe Bay area)

  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ 6.5 m - 24 m ]
habitat: reef flats [ sand-pockets on limestone reef ]
substrate: rocks 
substrate: sand [ sand-pockets on limestone reef ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981. p.195 [ Additional reference types = Type information, Type locality, Type illustration ]  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) malleopunctum Cernohorsky, 1981

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13444) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-11.