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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
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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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil