Vexillum virgo

Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo
Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo
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. virgo
Binomial name
Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[1]
Voluta cruentatum Gmelin, J.F., 1791 Mitra harpifera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811 Mitra harpaeformis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 Mitra armillata Reeve, 1845 Vexillum proxima Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1875 Vexillum sandwichensis Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1875

Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo, common name : the Virgin 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 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

External links

• Gastropods.com: Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo; accessed: 7 December 2010]