Vexillum amandum

Vexillum amandum
Vexillum amandum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species: V. amandum
Binomial name
Vexillum amandum
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Vexillum immaculata Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) amandum (Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) malcolmensis Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) marciae Sowerby, G.B. III, 1913
  • Vexillum kempi Preston, H.B., 1914

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

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mozambique, in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and Eastern Australia

References

  1. ↑ Vexillum amandum (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
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