Vexillum virgo
Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo | |
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Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo | |
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. virgo |
Binomial name | |
Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo, common name : the Virgin 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 13 mm and 25 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific and in the Pacific Ocean along Samoa, Australia and Papua New Guinea
References
- 1 2 Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo (Linne, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 67
External links
- Gastropods.com: Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo; accessed: 7 December 2010]
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