Vexillum aureolatum
Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum | |
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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. aureolatum |
Binomial name | |
Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum (Reeve, 1844) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum, common name : the Golden 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 8 mm and 29 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mauritius and in the tropical Indo-Pacific.
References
- 1 2 Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- 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): 18
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