Vexillum cancellarioides

Vexillum cancellarioides, common name the cancellaria mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Vexillum cancellarioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Costellariidae
Genus:
Vexillum
Subgenus:
Pusia
Species:
V. cancellarioides
Binomial name
Vexillum cancellarioides
(Anton, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra fraga Kiener, L.C., 1838
  • Mitra tuberculata Kiener, L.C., 1839
  • Mitra nodosa Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra pinguis Reeve, L.A., 1845
  • Pusia cancellarioides (Anton, 1838)
  • Vexillum cancellarioides (Anton, 1838)

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific.

References
  1. Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides (Anton, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
  • 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

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  • "Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 January 2011.


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