Vexillum amandum

Vexillum amandum

Vexillum amandum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. amandum
Binomial name
*Vexillum amandum* (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Vexillum immaculata Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901 Vexillum (Costellaria) amandum (Reeve, 1845) Vexillum (Costellaria) malcolmensis Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901 Vexillum (Costellaria) marciae Sowerby, G.B. III, 1913 Vexillum kempi Preston, H.B., 1914

Vexillum amandum, common name : the Amanda 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 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mozambique, in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and Eastern Australia

References

↑ Vexillum amandum (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.

Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 16

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