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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Nodicostellaria kaicherae (Petuch, 1979)


Range: 17.42°S to 17.72°S; 39.05°W to 38.98°W
Depth: 1 to 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Vexillum kaicherae Petuch, 1979
Vexillum lixa Petuch, 1979

Details


Vexillum (Costellaria) kaicherae Petuch, 1979b, p. 523, fig. 4C-D
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: South end of Guaritibas Reefs, Abrolhos Reef Complex, Bahia State, Brazil, 17°25'S, 39°8'W, 1 m
Range: 17.42°S to 17.42°S; 39.05°W
Depth: 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Abrolhos Islands
References: Petuch (1979b) DdNSEWM; Petuch (1987) C; Rios (1994)

Vexillum (Costellaria) lixa Petuch, 1979b, p. 523-524, fig. 4E-F
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West side of Lixa Reef, Abrolhos Reef Complex, Bahia State, Brazil, 17°43'S, 38°59'W, 1 m
Range: 17.72°S to 17.72°S; 38.98°W
Depth: 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Abrolhos Islands
References: Petuch (1979b) DdNSEWM; Petuch (1987) C; Rios (1994); Robin & Martin (2004) s


Partial List of References

Petuch, E. J. 1979. New gastropods from the Abrolhos Archipelago and reef complex, Brazil Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92 510-526. [Stated date: 18 Oct 1979.]

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