Mitra vexillum

Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum
Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Mitra (gastropod)
Subgenus:	Nebularia
Species:	M. vexillum
Binomial name
Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum Reeve, 1844

Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum , common name : the Vexillate Mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 86.5 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean.

References

1. ^ Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum Reeve, 1844.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416853 on 11 December 2010.

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 430

External links

• Gastropods.com : Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum; accessed : 11 December 2010