Vexillum michaui
Vexillum michaui | |
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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. michaui |
Binomial name | |
Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui (Crosse & Fischer, 1864) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
There are two subspecies:
- Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui michaui (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)
- Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui wilsi Buijse & Dekker, 1990
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin.
References
- 1 2 Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui (Crosse & Fischer, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 44
- Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2009) The identities of Mitra fidicula Gould, 1850, Mitra michaui Crosse & Fischer, 1864 and Mitra intertaeniata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874, with the description of a new Vexillum species (Gastropoda: Costellariidae). Visaya 2(4): 16-51. [Published June 2009] page(s): 18
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