Marine Species Traits - Costellaria Swainson, 1840

Traits name details

Costellaria Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

205626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205626)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Vexillum Röding, 1798

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860

Parent

Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860

Original name

Tiara (Costellaria) Swainson, 1840

Direct children (6)

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Species Costellaria teschi (Koperberg, 1931) †
Species Costellaria caudata (Marwick, 1931) † accepted as Vexillum caudatum (Marwick, 1931) †
Species Costellaria elatior (H. J. Finlay, 1924) † accepted as Vexillum elatior (H. J. Finlay, 1924) † (superseded combination)
Species Costellaria etremoides (H. J. Finlay, 1924) † accepted as Vexillum etremoides (H. J. Finlay, 1924) † (superseded combination)
Species Costellaria eusulcata (H. J. Finlay, 1924) † accepted as Vexillum eusulcatum (H. J. Finlay, 1924) † (superseded combination)
Species Costellaria neozelanica (Laws, 1939) † accepted as Vexillum neozelanicum (Laws, 1939) † (superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 320 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Costellaria Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205626 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Costellaria Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205626 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-07-31 06:57:06Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2010-10-10 14:43:02Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-04-03 15:36:24Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-04-04 02:27:37Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-03-06 17:33:19Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-11-25 14:47:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 320 [details]

source of synonymy Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(3): 541-626., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12431 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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