Vexillum taeniatum

Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum
Dorsal view of a shell of Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum
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. taeniatum
Binomial name
Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1] [2]
Mitra taeniata Lamarck, 1811 Mitra gloriosa Noordt, 1819 Mitra vittata Swainson, W.A., 1822 Mitra crocea Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874 Vexillum (Vexillum) taylorianum Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874 Mitra jucunda Dunker, R.W., 1879 Mitra fasciata Dall, W.H., 1905 Mitra permutata Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923

Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum, common name: the ribboned 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 38 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and in the Gulf of Thailand.

References

1. Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum (Lamarck, 1811).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
2. Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum; accessed : 7 December 2010

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 63

External links

• Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum; accessed : 15 December 2010