Vexillum daedalum
| Vexillum (Costellaria) astropods.com : um | |
|---|---|
| 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. daedalum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum (Costellaria) daedalum (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Mitra daedala Reeve, 1845 | |
Vexillum (Costellaria) daedalum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 9 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mozambique and in the Pacific Ocean along Fiji;
References
- 1 2 Vexillum (Costellaria) daedalum (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2010.
- MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
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