Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum | |
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Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Mitra (gastropod) |
Subgenus: | Nebularia |
Species: | M. vexillum |
Binomial name | |
Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum Reeve, 1844 |
Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum , common name : the Vexillate Mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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The shell size varies between 25 mm and 86.5 mm
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean.