Vexillum semicostatum
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| Vexillum (Pusia) semicostatum | |
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| Vexillum (Pusia) semicostatum | |
| 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. semicostatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum semicostatum (Anton, 1838) | |
Vexillum semicostatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 22 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea.
References
- ↑ Vexillum (Pusia) semicostatum (Anton, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
- 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): 59
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