Mitra vexillum
| Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum | |
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| Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Mitra (gastropod) |
| Subgenus: | Nebularia |
| Species: | M. vexillum |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum Reeve, 1844 | |
Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum, common name : the Vexillate Mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the subgenus Nebularia is an alternate representation, as the species is accepted as Mitra vexillum.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 86.5 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Mitra vexillum Reeve, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590642 on 5 January 2012
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 430
External links
| External identifiers for Mitra vexillum | |
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| WoRMS | 590642 |
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