Vexillum michaui

Vexillum michaui
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]
  • Mitra alauda Sowerby II& Sowerby III, 1874
  • Mitra deshayesi var. nigricans Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 (non Pease, 1865)
  • Mitra michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 (basionym)
  • Mitra rustica G.B. Sowerby II, 1874 (wrong entry (Bouchet, Philippe))
  • Vexillum alauda (Sowerby II, 1874)
  • Vexillum deshayesii alauda (Sowerby II, 1874)

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:

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin.

References


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