OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae 

Vexillum (Costellaria) micra Pilsbry, 1921

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Vexilum micra Pilsbry, 1921

Distribution

Hawaiian Islands; Marianas Islands (Guam); Mozambique Channel (W. Geyser Bank)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ to 50 fathoms ]
substrate: in sand 

References

 Cate, J. 1963. p.34 Distribution
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.54 [ as synonym of Vexillum emiliae ]  Places name in synonymy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.110 [ additional reference type = General ]  Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Costellariidae
                          Vexillum Röding, 1798
                            Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
                              Vexillum (Costellaria) micra Pilsbry, 1921

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=44003) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-04-04. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-23.