OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Vexillum (Pusia) chelonia (Reeve, 1845)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Unknown chelonia Reeve, 1845
   Mitra (Volutomitra) honesta Melvill & Standen, 1895
   Mitra sculptispira Sowerby, 1913

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew CaledoniaLoyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)

References

 Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J. C. & Martin, P. 2002. p.7 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.54 Contains synonymy
 Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1895. p.101 General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=39289) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-03-08. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-06-08.