Vexillum pardalis
| Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis | |
|---|---|
| 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. pardalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis (Küster, 1840) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis, common name : Reeve's Bloodied 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 14 - 20 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius, Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin and in the Western Pacific Ocean (but not along Hawaii)
References
- 1 2 Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis (Kuster, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 January 2011.
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- 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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