Vexillum suluense

Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense
Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense
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. suluense
Binomial name
Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense
(Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra rectilateralis Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874
  • Mitra exquisita* Mitra tomlini Melvill, J.C., 1925
  • Mitra tomlini Melvill, J.C., 1925

Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]

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Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed along the Andaman Islands and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Fiji, the Solomons Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. ^ Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense; accessed : 7 December 2010
  2. ^ Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense (Adams & Reeve, 1850).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416783 on 28 October 2010.