Biology:Vexillum deshayesi

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Vexillum deshayesi
Vexillum deshayesii (MNHN-IM-2000-30199).jpeg
Shell of Vexillum deshayesii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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Costellaria
Species:
V. deshayesi
Binomial name
Vexillum deshayesi
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra rigida Swainson, W.A., 1840
  • Mitra deshayesi Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra elegantula Dunker, R.W., 1871
  • Mitra articulata "Philippi, R.A." Jickeli, 1874
  • Mitra festiva Garrett, A., 1880
  • Mitra formosa Garrett, A., 1880
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi (Reeve, 1844) (misspelling)

Vexillum deshayesi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

The subspecies : Vexillum deshayesi alauda (Sowerby II, 1874) has become a synonym of Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Madagascar , Mauritius and Mozambique.

References

  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • 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): 29
  • 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): 23

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