Vexillum amabile

Vexillum amabile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species: V. amabile
Binomial name
Vexillum amabile
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra amabilis Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra encausta Gould, 1850
  • Pusia amabilis (Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) amabile (Reeve, 1845)

Vexillum amabile is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

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