Vexillum exasperatum

Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum

Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Subgenus:	Costellaria
Species:	V. exasperatum
Binomial name
*Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum* (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms^[1]
Mitra arenosa Lamarck, 1811Mitra corrugata Wood, S.V., 1828 Mitra exasperata (Gmelin, 1791) Mitra exasperata var. hadfieldi Melvill & Standen, 1895 Mitra torulosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811 Mitra tunicula Deshayes, G.P. in Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D., 1838 Mitra transenna Melvill, J.C., 1888 Turricula exasperata Gmelin Vexillum (Costellaria) angelettii Ferrario, 1995 Vexillum (Costellaria) hadfieldi Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1895 Vexillum (Costellaria) ochracea Hervier, R.P.J., 1897 Vexillum (Costellaria) pasithea Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1901 Vexillum (Costellaria) candida Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923 Vexillum (Costellaria) exusta Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923 Vexillum (Costellaria) michaelis Iredale, T., 1929

Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum, common name : the Roughened Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

This species is sometimes spelled as Vexillum exasperata ^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 29 mm

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos Atoll, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania, and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Fiji, New Caledonia and the Solomons Islands.

1 2 Vexillum (Costellaria) exasperatum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2010.
↑ Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv For Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 12(6). 52 pp, 4 pl.
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusqués testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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): 16

Taxon identifiers	GBIF: 5727221 NCBI: 1719370 Fossilworks: 62812 WoRMS: 712137

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