Vexillum subdivisum

Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra costellaris Lamarck, 1811
  • Mitra nigrina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811

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

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