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) |
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Vexillum semicostatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description[edit]
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 22 mm
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Distribution[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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
