OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae
Vexillum (Pusia) exaratum (Adams, 1853)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Mitra exarata Adams, 1853
Mitra nigritella Bartsch, 1918
Distribution
Sri Lanka to Indonesia and the Philippines.
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: subtidal
substrate: coral [ "lives on dead coral"
]
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.54 Contains synonymy
Turner, H. 1994. p.10 [ Lectotype designated, illustrated (Fig. 1);
additional reference types =
Type information, Type illustration,
Contains synonymy
] Distribution
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Costellariidae
Vexillum Röding, 1798
Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, 1840
Vexillum (Pusia) exaratum (Adams, 1853)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=39311) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-03-08. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-29.