Vexillum vulpecula
Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula | |
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Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Subgenus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. vulpecula |
Binomial name | |
Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula (Linne, 1758) | |
Synonyms[1] * [2] | |
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Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula, common name : the Little Fox 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 27 mm and 72 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along Madagascar and Mozambique and in the Pacific Ocean along Australia, the Philippines, Fiji and Okinawa.
References
- 1 2 Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula (Linne, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 December 2010.
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula; accessed: 8 December 2010
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 68
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