Vexillum paligerum
Vexillum paligerum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
| Vexillum paligerum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. paligerum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum paligerum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874) | |
| Synonyms | |
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This species is considered by the Australian Faunal Directory as a synonym of Vexillum unifascialis (Lamarck, 1811) [2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Mauritius and the Philippines.
References
- Vexillum paligerum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1874. Monograph of the genus Mitra. 1-46, pls 352-379 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 4.
External links
- Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877.
- WMSDB: image
- inaturalist.org: images
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