Vexillum deshayesi
| Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi |
| 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. deshayesi |
| Binomial name |
Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi
(Reeve, 1845) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Mitra rigida Swainson, W.A., 1840
- Mitra deshayesi Reeve, 1844
- Mitra elegantula Dunker, R.W., 1871
- Mitra articulata "Philippi, R.A." Jickeli, 1874
- Mitra festiva Garrett, A., 1880
- Mitra formosa Garrett, A., 1880
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Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
There is one subspecies : Vexillum deshayesi alauda (Sowerby, 1874)
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Madagascar, Mauritius and Mozambique.
References
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 29
- Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2009) The identities of Mitra fidicula Gould, 1850, Mitra michaui Crosse & Fischer, 1864 and Mitra intertaeniata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874, with the description of a new Vexillum species (Gastropoda: Costellariidae). Visaya 2(4): 16-51. [Published June 2009] page(s): 23
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