OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri 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.