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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 Röding, 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.