Vexillum amandum

Vexillum (Costellaria) amandum
Vexillum (Costellaria) amandum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Subgenus: Costellaria
Species: V. amandum
Binomial name
Vexillum(Costellaria) amandum
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Vexillum immaculata Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) malcolmensis Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) marciae Sowerby, G.B. III, 1913
  • Vexillum kempi Preston, H.B., 1914

Vexillum (Costellaria) amandum, common name : the Amanda mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mozambique, in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and Eastern Australia

References

  1. ^ Vexillum (Costellaria) amandum (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413714 on 11 March 2011.