Biology:Vexillum intermedium

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Vexillum intermedium
Vexillum intermedium 01.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. intermedium
Binomial name
Vexillum intermedium
(Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Harpaeformis) lupulina Lesson, R.P. - uncertain
  • Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889
  • Mitra hybrida Kiener, L.C., 1838
  • Mitra intermedia Kiener, 1838
  • Vexillum (Vexillum) intermedium (Kiener, 1838) ·
  • Vexillum rugosum intermediatum [sic] (misspelling)

Vexillum (Vexillum) intermedium, common name : the intermediate mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 65 mm.

The shell is alternately zoned with ashy or chocolate-brown and white. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Seychelles and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines , Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Western Australia and Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vexillum (Vexillum) intermedium (Kiener, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2010.
  2. Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226
  • Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190
  • Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 2. Of Sea and Shore 22(4): 221-235
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 38
  • Wils, E. & Verbinnen, G. 2002. Red Sea Mollusca: Part 12. Class Gastropoda; Family: Costellariidae. Gloria Maris 41(1-2): 29-37
  • Sharabati, D. (1984) Red Sea Shells. KPI Limited, London, 128 pp. page(s): pl. 25
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q263461 entry