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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Costellariidae 

Vexillum (Costellaria) potieri Drivas & Jay, 1989

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Vexillum potieri Drivas & Jay, 1989

Distribution

Known only from Réunion Island.

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Reunion

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ 12 m - 60 m ]
substrate: coral sand [ holotype found dead on white coral sand bottom ]

References

 Drivas, J. and Jay, M. 1989. p.248 [ Original description; additional reference types = Type information, Type locality, Type illustration (holotype: Figs. 6a, 6b) ]  Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Costellariidae
                          Vexillum Röding, 1798
                            Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
                              Vexillum (Costellaria) potieri Drivas & Jay, 1989

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45060) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-04-24. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-03-27.