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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Vexillum (Pusia) arracanensis (Sowerby, 1874)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Unknown arracanensis Sowerby, 1874
   Mitra (Costellaria) georgii Melvill & Sykes, 1899

Distribution

From Mauritius to the Solomon Islands

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificSolomon Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMascarene IslandsMauritius
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanBay of Bengal
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanAndaman and NicobarAndaman Islands

Keywords

depth: intertidal 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.56 [ as synonym of Vexillum cithara ]  Places name in synonymy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.114 [ additional reference type = General ]  Distribution
 Salisbury, R. A. 1999. p.129 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) arracanensis (Sowerby, 1874)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=44091) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-04-05. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-26.