Species Vexillum (Costellaria) sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Voluta sanguisugum Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [732].
• Turricula granulata Chemnitz, J.H. 1780. Neues systematisches Conchylien - Cabinet. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe Vol. 4 1-344, pls 122-159. [149, pl. 149, fig. 1373-4].
• Voluta strigosa Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3456].
• Mitra stigmataria Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [311].
• Mitra (Callithea) stigmataria immaculata Tapparone-Canefri, C. 1879. Museum Pauluccianum. Journal de Conchyliologie 27: 316-327 [as var.].
• Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga condoriana Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, P. 1906. Liste de Mollusques récoltés par M. H. Mansuy en Indo-Chine st ay Yunnan et description d'éspèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 53(4): 343-471 [387].
• Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga albida Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259 [186] [as Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga var. albida Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923].
• Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga caerulescens Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259 [184] [as Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga var. caerulescens Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923].
• Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga castaneosticta Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259 [186] [as Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga var. castaneosticta Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923].
• Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga transposita Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259 [184] [as Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga var. transposita Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923].

  Type data:

   Holotype I.G. 10591, no locality data (type locality by subsequent designation: Ticao Island, Philippines).

 

Generic Combinations

• Vexillum (Costellaria) sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [166]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific. Wilson (1993) gave the range as Scott Reef, WA, to Queensland, but there are not enough records to support a continuous range across northern Australia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp.

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 [55]

Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259 [182]

Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [167]

Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 4. Of Sea and Shore 23(2): 70-84 [74,80]

Schepman, M.M. 1911. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4: Rhachiglossa. pp. 247-364, pls 18-24 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Monograph 49. [281-2]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [166, pl. 35, fig. 13]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [180, fig. 8] (Branded Mitre)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	COSTELLARIIDAE	19-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		16-May-2013	MODIFIED