Vexillum patriarchale
| Vexillum (Pusia) patriarchale | |
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| Vexillum patriarchale | |
| 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. patriarchale |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum (Pusia) patriarchale (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitra depressa Cate, C.N., 1963 | |
Vexillum (Pusia) patriarchale, common name : the Patriarchal Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 13 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Seychelles and in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and Hawaii
References
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Pusia) patriarchale; accessed : 7 December 2010
- ↑ Vexillum (Pusia) patriarchale (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 49
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