Vexillum cancellarioides
| Vexillum cancellarioides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Subgenus: | Pusia |
| Species: | V. cancellarioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum cancellarioides (Anton, 1838) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum cancellarioides, common name the Cancellaria 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 25 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian ocean along the Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific.
References
- 1 2 Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides (Anton, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
- 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
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