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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Vexillum (Pusia) piceum (Pease, 1860)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra picea Pease, 1860
   Unknown putillus Pease, 1865
   Mitra lipara Cate, 1963

Distribution

From Niue Island to the Marquesas and the Hawaiian Islands

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)Marquesas (Iles Marquises)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificTonga
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)Society Islands (Iles de la Societe)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: in coral rubble 

References

 Cate, J. 1963. p.35 Synonomy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.57 Contains synonymy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.117 [ additional reference type = General ]  Distribution
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.331 Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Costellariidae
                          Vexillum Röding, 1798
                            Vexillum (Pusia) Swainson, 1840
                              Vexillum (Pusia) piceum (Pease, 1860)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=39543) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-03-12. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-29.