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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae 

Vexillum (Costellaria) leucozonias (Laborde & Linant, 1834)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra leucozonias Laborde & Linant, 1834
   Vexillum leucozonias (Deshayes in Laborde, 1834)
   Mitra cineracea Reeve, 1845
   Unknown judaeorum Dohrn, 1861
   Vexillum moana Cate, 1963

Distribution

From the Red Sea to Hawaii and the Marquesas Islands

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)Marquesas (Iles Marquises)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.30 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew CaledoniaLoyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)Lifou

Keywords

depth: intertidal and subtidal [ to 10 fathoms ]
substrate: sand and coralline algae 

References

 Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J. C. & Martin, P. 2002. p.8 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.55 Contains synonymy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.113 [ additional reference type = General ]  Distribution
 Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1897. p.406 Distribution
 Wils, E. & Verbinnen, G. 2002. p.32 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Costellariidae
                          Vexillum Röding, 1798
                            Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
                              Vexillum (Costellaria) leucozonias (Laborde & Linant, 1834)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=39345) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-03-08. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-25.