OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) brunneolinea Rosenberg & Salisbury, 1991
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Vexillum brunneolinea brunneolinea Rosenberg & Salisbury, 1991
Distribution
Known only from the Palau Islands.
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Palau
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Caroline Islands: Palau (Palau Islands) (Belau Islands)
Keywords
depth: subtidal [ 5.5 - 33 m
]
substrate: in sand [ most specimens collected "in sand"; 1 specimen
"in clean fine sand", and 1 specimen "in sand
and fine rubble"
]
References
Salisbury, R. A. 1999. p.131 Distribution
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Costellariidae
Vexillum Röding, 1798
Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
Vexillum (Costellaria) brunneolinea Rosenberg & Salisbury, 1991
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45030) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-04-23. Record last updated by Gary Rosenberg on 2004-12-09.