Biology:Vexillum salisburyi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Vexillum salisburyi
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Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. salisburyi
Binomial name
Vexillum salisburyi
Cernohorsky, 1976
Synonyms[1]
  • Pusia salisburyi W.O. Cernohorsky, 1976
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) daniellae Drivas, J. & M. Jay, 1989
  • Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyi Cernohorsky, 1976

Vexillum salisburyi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 15 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland).[citation needed]

References

  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1976). The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 4. With descriptions of new taxa and remarks on Nassarius coppingeri (Smith). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 13: 111-129.
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  • 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): 57
  • Robin, A. & Martin, J-C. 2004. Mitridae Costellariidae. Paris : Xenophora 34 pp., 32 plates.

Wikidata ☰ Q7924154 entry