Biology:Vexillum deshayesi
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Vexillum deshayesii (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| Subgenus: | Costellaria
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| Species: | V. deshayesi
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| Vexillum deshayesi (Reeve, 1845)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2010.
- 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
External links
- "Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesii" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_4839.shtml.
- Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
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