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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) albatum Cernohorsky, 1988
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Turricula casta Adams, 1872
Mitra hastata Sowerby, 1874
Vexillum albatum Cernohorsky, 1988
Distribution
From the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to the Mascarenes (Reunion I.), Hawaii and the Society Is., French Polynesia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Reunion
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Society Islands (Iles de la Societe)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia: Loyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute): Lifou
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
Keywords
depth: subtidal [ to 34 fathoms (info. merged from Vexillum castum); 20 - 400m (info. from V. albatum)
]
substrate: in sand
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.54 Contains synonymy
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.111 [ additional reference type = General
] Distribution
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1988. p.78 [ Additional reference types =
Type locality, Type information,
Contains synonymy
] Distribution
Cotton, B.C. 1957. p.7 Distribution
Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. p.209 Distribution
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Costellariidae
Vexillum Röding, 1798
Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
Vexillum (Costellaria) albatum Cernohorsky, 1988
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45057) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-04-24. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-24.