Vexillum michaui

Vexillum michaui
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. michaui
Binomial name
*Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui* (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
Synonyms^[1]
Mitra alauda Sowerby II& Sowerby III, 1874 Mitra deshayesi var. nigricans Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 (non Pease, 1865) Mitra michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 (basionym) Mitra rustica G.B. Sowerby II, 1874 (wrong entry (Bouchet, Philippe)) Vexillum alauda (Sowerby II, 1874) Vexillum deshayesii alauda (Sowerby II, 1874)

Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

There are two subspecies:

Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui michaui (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui wilsi Buijse & Dekker, 1990

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin.

References

1 2 Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui (Crosse & Fischer, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 44
Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2009) The identities of Mitra fidicula Gould, 1850, Mitra michaui Crosse & Fischer, 1864 and Mitra intertaeniata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874, with the description of a new Vexillum species (Gastropoda: Costellariidae). Visaya 2(4): 16-51. [Published June 2009] page(s): 18

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