Vexillum aureolatum
| Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum |
| 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] |
- Mitra aureolata Reeve, 1844
- Pusia aureolata (Reeve, 1844)
- Vexillum aureolata
- Vexillum (Pusia) multicostatum Broderip, W.J., 1836
- Vexillum affinis Reeve, L.A., 1844
- Mitra (Tiara) speciosa Reeve, L.A., 1844
- Vexillum (Pusia) variatum Reeve, L.A., 1845
- Mitra fratercula Garrett, A., 1873
- Mitra hemprichi Jickeli, 1874
- Vexillum (Costellaria) semiticum Jickeli, 1874
- Vexillum (Pusia) bizonale Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923
- Vexillum (Pusia) splendidula Sarasúa, H., 1975
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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
- 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