Vexillum speciosum

Vexillum (Pusia) speciosum
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. speciosum
Binomial name
*Vexillum (Pusia) speciosum* (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms^[1]
Mitra speciosa Reeve, 1844 Mitra pusio Philippi, R.A., 1850 Vexillum trizonalis Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935

Vexillum (Pusia) speciosum, common name : the specious 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 15 mm and 22 mm

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Réunion, Chagos and the Mascarene basin

^ ^a ^b Vexillum (Pusia) speciosum (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208353 on 15 December 2010.

Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis ot its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43-50
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): 60