Vexillum macandrewi
Vexillum macandrewi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum macandrewi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. macandrewi |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum macandrewi (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 33 mm.
(Original description) A pretty graceful, thin, fawn-coloured shell, with spiral striae and elegantly curved longitudinal thin ribs."
The shell has a fawn color, lighter on the periphery. [2]
Distribution
This marin e species occurs off South Africa, Mozambique; in the Red Sea and the Philippines.
References
- Vexillum macandrewi (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
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