Vexillum subdivisum
| Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum | |
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| Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Subgenus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. subdivisum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum, common name : the Costate 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 30 mm and 60 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean along Australia, Papua New Guinea and Okinawa.
References
- 1 2 Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 62
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