Vexillum acupictum
| Vexillum acupictum | |
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| Vexillum (Costellaria) acupictum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. acupictum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum acupictum (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum acupictum, common name : the Pinpricked Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 13 mm and 46 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius, and in the Western Pacific Ocean and Japan.
References
- 1 2 Vexillum acupictum (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 14
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