OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae
Vexillum (Pusia) approximatum (Pease, 1860)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Turricula approximata Pease, 1860
Mitra dimidiata Sowerby, 1870
Vexillum (Costellaria) xenium Pilsbry, 1921
Mitra agria Cate, 1963
Distribution
Known only from the Hawaiian Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia: Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute): Lifou
Keywords
depth: subtidal [ to 50 fathoms
]
References
Cate, J. 1963. p.36 Synonomy
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.56 Contains synonymy
Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. p.203 Distribution
Turner, H. 1989. Distribution
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Costellariidae
Vexillum Röding, 1798
Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, 1840
Vexillum (Pusia) approximatum (Pease, 1860)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=39440) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-03-09. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-26.