Vexillum suluense
| Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Subgenus: | Costellaria |
| Species: | V. suluense |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense (Adams & Reeve, 1850) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed along the Andaman Islands and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Fiji, the Solomons Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.
References
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense; accessed : 7 December 2010
- ↑ Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense (Adams & Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2010.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 63
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/16/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.