Vexillum exasperatum
| Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum | |
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| Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum | |
| 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. exasperatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum, common name : the Roughened Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
This species is sometimes spelled as Vexillum exasperata [2]
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 29 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos Atoll, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania, and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Fiji, New Caledonia and the Solomons Islands.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2010.
- ↑ Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagasar. Arkiv For Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 12(6). 52 pp, 4 pl.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusqués testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- 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): 16