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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Vexillum (Genus)
> castum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Costellaria Swainson, 1840
=Mitra (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
=Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra hastata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874
=Pusia sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971
=Turricula casta H. Adams, 1872
=Vexillum (Costellaria) albatum Cernohorsky, 1988
=Vexillum (Costellaria) castum (H.Adams, 1872)
=Vexillum (Costellaria) sagamiense (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
=Vexillum albatum Cernohorsky, 1988
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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Vexillum (Genus)
> castum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Costellaria Swainson, 1840
=Mitra (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
=Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra hastata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874
=Pusia sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971
=Turricula casta H. Adams, 1872
=Vexillum (Costellaria) albatum Cernohorsky, 1988
=Vexillum (Costellaria) castum (H.Adams, 1872)
=Vexillum (Costellaria) sagamiense (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
=Vexillum albatum Cernohorsky, 1988
Details: Vexillum castum (H.Adams, 1872)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.4mm
Distribution:
From the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to the Society and Hawaiin Islands. Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978 New records of neogastropod Mollusca from the Kermadec Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 15 (p.63)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil