Species Vexillum (Costellaria) kathiewayae Salisbury, Herrmann & Dekkers, 2012

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• Vexillum (Costellaria) kathiewayae Salisbury, R.A., Herrmann, M. & Dekkers, A.M. 2012. Description of a new red-spotted Costellarid (Gastropoda:Costellariidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with remarks on Vexillum (Costellaria) unifasciatum (Wood, 1828) and Vexillum (Costellaria) clathratum (Reeve, 1844). Conchylia 42(1-4): 27-37 [Date published May 2012] [28-32, figs 1-7, 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 24187 22.7 x 10.4 mm shell (ex. E.G. de Suduiraut collection #1089-A), Calituban Isle, north of Bohol Island, Philippines, 10-30 m in sand, 2001.

  Type locality references:

  Salisbury, R.A., Herrmann, M. & Dekkers, A.M. 2012. Description of a new red-spotted Costellarid (Gastropoda:Costellariidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with remarks on Vexillum (Costellaria) unifasciatum (Wood, 1828) and Vexillum (Costellaria) clathratum (Reeve, 1844). Conchylia 42(1-4): 27-37 [Date published May 2012] [29, figs 2-3].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Vexillum (Costellaria) rusticum (Reeve, 1845). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [166, pl.36, fig. 30C] (non (Reeve, 1845))
• Vexillum (Costellaria) zelotypum (Reeve, 1845) [non (Reeve, 1845)]. —
  Pechar, P., Prior, C. & Parkinson, B. 1980. Mitre shells from the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Australia : Robert Brown & Associates 56 colour pls. [pl. 28, fig. 5, 6] (fig. 5 as totally white juvenile specimen; fig. 6 [non (Reeve, 1845)])
• Vexillum (Costellaria) species Guillot de Suduiraut, 2000. —
  Guillot de Suduiraut, E. 2000. Contribution à la connaissance de quelques gastéropides mitriformes e l'archipel des Philippines (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mitridae & Costellariidae). Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 89: 8-12 [9, 11, fig. 5]
• Vexillum (Costellaria) species Guillot de Suduiraut, 2002. —
  Guillot de Suduiraut, E. 2002. The marine malacofauna of the Philippine Islands. CD (published privately). [as subgenus Costellaria, species 1089]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific: Philippines, Caroline Islands, Guam, Marshall Islands, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, northwest Australia, Japan.

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coral rubble, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

10-30 m in sandy coral rubble

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	COSTELLARIIDAE	28-Nov-2014	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)