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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae 

Vexillum (Costellaria) corbicula (Sowerby, 1870)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra corbicula Sowerby, 1870
   Mitra diamesa Hervier, 1898

Distribution

Madagascar to the Marianas Islands and New Caledonia. "...Indo-Pacific distribution." {Arnaud2002}

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificMariana Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew CaledoniaLoyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)Lifou
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificMariana IslandsGuam
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificMariana Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMascarene IslandsMauritius
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)

Keywords

depth: intertidal and subtidal 

References

 Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J. C. & Martin, P. 2002. p.5 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.54 Contains synonymy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.112 [ additional reference type = General ]  Distribution
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.317 Distribution
 Salisbury, R. A. 1999. p.134 Distribution
 W. O. Cernohorsky 1981. p.96 [ additional reference types = Contains synonymy, Illustration of type specimen (see Mitra diamesa) ]  Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Costellariidae
                          Vexillum Röding, 1798
                            Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
                              Vexillum (Costellaria) corbicula (Sowerby, 1870)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=39296) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-03-08. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-25.