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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae 

Vexillum (Costellaria) spicatum (Reeve, 1845)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra fusiformis Kiener, 1838
   Mitra spicata Reeve, 1845

Distribution

From the Andaman Islands to New Britain and New Caledonia

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanAndaman and NicobarAndaman Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New GuineaBismarck sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New GuineaSolomon Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanAndaman and NicobarAndaman Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New GuineaBismark ArchipelagoNew Britain
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.210 

Keywords

depth: intertidal and subtidal 
substrate: in sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.55 Contains synonymy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.109 [ additional reference type = General ]  Distribution
 Guillot de Suduiraut, E. 2000. p.8 Distribution
 Schepman, M.M. 1911. p.284 Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Costellariidae
                          Vexillum R�ding, 1798
                            Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
                              Vexillum (Costellaria) spicatum (Reeve, 1845)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=39421) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-03-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-12.