Vexillum citrinum
| Vexillum (Vexillum) citrinum | |
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| Vexillum (Vexillum) citrinum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Subgenus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. citrinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum (Vexillum) citrinum (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Vexillum (Vexillum) citrinum, common name : the Queen 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 50 mm and 86 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa, Madagascar and in the Western Pacific.
References
- 1 2 Vexillum (Vexillum) citrinum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 24
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