Biology:Vexillum unifascialis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Vexillum unifasciale affinis | |
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| Species: | V. unifascialis
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| Vexillum (Pusia) unifascialis (Lamarck, 1811)
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Vexillum (Pusia) unifascialis, common name : the Golden Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]
The epithet is sometimes spelled as "unifasciale" [3]
There is one subspecies : Vexillum unifascialis affinis (Reeve, 1844) [2] and one forma : Vexillum (Pusia) unifasciale venustula (f) (Reeve, L.A., 1844) [1]
Description
The shell size varies between 8 mm and 29 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin in the Indo-West Pacific and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines , Japan , Australia , Papua New Guinea and Polynesia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vexillum (Pusia) unifasciale" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_4841.shtml.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vexillum (Pusia) unifascialis (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2010.
- ↑ 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): 66
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