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Vexillum (Costellaria) sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 208326

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Costellariidae (Family) > Vexillum (Genus) > Vexillum (Costellaria) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Vexillum (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840 represented as Vexillum Röding, 1798
Synonymised
taxa		  Mitra cancellata Röding, 1798
 Mitra sanguisuga Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50. [details]

additional source: Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100
page(s): 58 [details]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Chagos [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Image 
Vexillum (Costellaria) sanguisuga
Vexillum (Costellaria) sanguisuga
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208326
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-05-27 16:17:47Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-09-08 13:23:41Z  changed  Robin, Alain
  
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  Citation: Robin, A. (2013). Vexillum (Costellaria) sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208326 on 2013-05-25
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