Vexillum vulpecula

Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula
Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula
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. vulpecula
Binomial name
Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula (Linne, 1758)
Synonyms[1] * [2]
Mitra vulpecula (Linnaeus, 1758) Vexillum superbum Röding, P.F., 1798 Mitra bifasciata Swainson, 1821 Mitra zonalis Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1833 Mitra crispata Küster, 1840 Mitra nodosa Swainson, W.A., 1840 Vexillum plicatissima Küster, H.C., 1840 Mitra staminea Dall, W.H., 1905 Vexillum pervariabilis Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935 Vexillum rugata Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935 Vexillum simulans Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935

Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula, common name : the Little Fox 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 27 mm and 72 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along Madagascar and Mozambique and in the Pacific Ocean along Australia, the Philippines, Fiji and Okinawa.

References

1. Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula (Linne, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 December 2010.
2. Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula; accessed: 8 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): 68

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