OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Vexilla fusconigra Pease, 1860

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Vexilla fusconigra Pease, 1860
   Planaxis cingulata Gould, 1861

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ usually found associated with sea-urchins ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.71, pl. 20, fig. 8 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.251-252, fig. 88E General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Vexilla Swainson, 1840
                              Vexilla fusconigra Pease, 1860

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50315) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29.