Species Vexillum (Costellaria) apicitinctum (Verco, 1896)
- Turricula apicitincta Verco, J.C. 1896. Descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca of South Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 217-232 [225, pl. 8, fig. 4,4a].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D-13510, Newland Head, South Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Vexillum (Costellaria) apicitinctum (Verco, 1896). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [162]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Wilson (1994) following Cernohorsky (1980) records this species from Port Stephens, NSW, but the Australian Museum holds no specimens from Victoria or NSW.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, on gravel, subtidal.
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190 [58]
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1980. Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent temperate species of the family Costellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 16: 109-169 [117]
Salisbury, R.A. 1999. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 1. Of Sea and Shore 22(3): 124-136 [127]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | COSTELLARIIDAE | 12-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 09-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |