Vexillum formosense
Vexillum formosense is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Vexillum formosense | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. formosense |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum formosense (Sowerby III, 1889) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 57 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, South China Sea, the Solomon Islands and Fiji.
References
- Vexillum formosense (Sowerby III, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links
- G.B. Sowerby III, Descriptions of fourteen new Species of Shells; The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology v.20=no.116-125 (1886-1890)
- Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
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