Vexillum virgo

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

Vexillum virgo
Vexillum virgo
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. virgo
Binomial name
Vexillum virgo
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra (Turricula) cruentata (Gmelin, 1791) superseded combination
  • Mitra armillata Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra cruentata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Mitra cruentata var. proxima G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875
  • Mitra cruentata var. sandvichensis G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1875·
  • Mitra harpifera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Mitra harpaeformis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Vexillum cruentatum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Vexillum harpiferum J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1811
  • Vexillum proxima Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1875
  • Vexillum sandwichensis Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1875
  • Voluta cruentatum Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Voluta virgo Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific and in the Pacific Ocean along Samoa, Australia and Papua New Guinea.

References
  1. Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo (Linne, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 67
  • "Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  • Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
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