OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) adamsianum Cernohorsky, 1978
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Vexillum adamsianum Cernohorsky, 1978
Distribution
Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti (Hitiaa)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
OBIS Regions: Eastern Pacific: Chile: Easter Island (Isla de Pascua)
Raines, B. K 2002. p.26
Keywords
depth: continental shelf Raines, B. K 2002.
depth: subtidal [ 40 - 125 fathoms (Hawaiian Islands);
10 - 12m (Hitiaa, Tahiti)
]
habitat: in Pinna beds
salinity: marine Raines, B. K 2002.
substrate: rubble [ sand and coral-rubble
]
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.64 [ Original description; additional reference
types = Type information, Type locality,
Type illustration (holotype: Fig. 6, paratypes: Figs. 7-9), Contains synonymy
] Distribution
Raines, B. K 2002. p.26 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Costellariidae
Vexillum Röding, 1798
Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
Vexillum (Costellaria) adamsianum Cernohorsky, 1978
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45023) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-04-23. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-02-03.