Vexillum ebenus

Vexillum ebenus
Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Subgenus: Pusia
Species: V. ebenus
Binomial name
Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1][2]

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Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus, common name : the ebony mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 36 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in West European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea

Synonyms

In the course of time, many names have been given to Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus, starting in 1811 with Lamarck who named it Mitra plumbea.

  • Mitra bipliata Risso, 1826
  • Mitra caffra Scacchi, 1836
  • Mitra carna Nardo, 1847
  • Mitra congesta Locard, 1886
  • Mitra cordierii Maravigna, 1853
  • Mitra cornicula Risso, 1826
  • Mitra cornicularis Costa, 1829
  • Mitra defrancii Payraudeau, B.-C., 1827
  • Mitra ebenina Locard, 1886
  • Mitra gervilli Payraudeau, B.-C., 1827
  • Mitra littoralis Risso, A., 1826
  • Mitra lutescens albina (f) Monterosato, T.A. de M. di, 1879
  • Mitra plumbea Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Vexillum biplicata Risso, A., 1862
  • Vexillum blanci Pallary, P., 1912
  • Vexillum caenis Nardo, G.D., 1847
  • Vexillum carna Nardo, G.D., 1847
  • Vexillum coccinea Bucquoy, E.J., Ph. Dautzenberg & G.F. Dollfus, 1882
  • Vexillum congesta Locard, E.A.A., 1886
  • Vexillum cordierii Maravigna, C., 1840
  • Vexillum gracilis Locard, E.A.A., 1890
  • Vexillum inflata Monterosato, T.A. de M. di, 1880
  • Vexillum nigra Pallary, P., 1900
  • Vexillum servaini Locard, E.A.A., 1890
  • Vexillum tunetana Pallary, P., 1903
  • Voluta caffra Olivi, A.G., 1792

References

  1. ^ a b Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus (Lamarck, 1811).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139416 on 15 December 2010.
  2. ^ Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Pusia) ebenus; accessed : 15 December 2010

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