Vexillum unifascialis

Vexillum (Pusia) unifascialis, common name : the Golden Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]

Golden Mitre
Vexillum unifasciale affinis
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. unifascialis
Binomial name
Vexillum (Pusia) unifascialis
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Vexillum (Pusia) multicostatum Broderip, W.J., 1836
  • Vexillum affinis Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra areolata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra (Tiara) speciosa Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum Reeve, L.A., 1845
  • Vexillum (Pusia) variatum Reeve, L.A., 1845
  • Mitra fratercula Garrett, A., 1873
  • Mitra hemprichi Jickeli, 1874
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) semiticum Jickeli, 1874
  • Vexillum (Pusia) bizonale Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923
  • Vexillum (Pusia) splendidula Sarasúa, H., 1975

The epithet is sometimes spelled as "unifasciale" [3]

There is one subspecies : Vexillum unifascialis affinis (Reeve, 1844) [2] and one forma : Vexillum (Pusia) unifasciale venustula (f) (Reeve, L.A., 1844) [1]

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 29 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin in the Indo-West Pacific and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Japan, Australia, Papua New Guinea and Polynesia.

References
  1. "Vexillum (Pusia) unifasciale". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  2. Vexillum (Pusia) unifascialis (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2010.
  3. 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 page(s): 66
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