Vexillum corbicula
| Vexillum (Costellaria) corbicula | |
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| Vexillum (Costellaria) corbicula | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Subgenus: | Costellaria |
| Species: | V. corbicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum (Costellaria) corbicula (Sowerby II, 1870) | |
Vexillum (Costellaria) (Costellaria) corbicula is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 14 mm and 20 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii
References
- ↑ Vexillum corbicula (Sowerby II, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2010.
- 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): 26
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