Vexillum deshayesi

Vexillum deshayesi
Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi
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. deshayesi
Binomial name
Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra rigida Swainson, W.A., 1840
  • Mitra deshayesi Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra elegantula Dunker, R.W., 1871
  • Mitra articulata "Philippi, R.A." Jickeli, 1874
  • Mitra festiva Garrett, A., 1880
  • Mitra formosa Garrett, A., 1880

Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

There is one subspecies : Vexillum deshayesi alauda (Sowerby, 1874)

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Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Madagascar, Mauritius and Mozambique.

References

  1. ^ a b Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208302 on 11 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • 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): 29
  • Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2009) The identities of Mitra fidicula Gould, 1850, Mitra michaui Crosse & Fischer, 1864 and Mitra intertaeniata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874, with the description of a new Vexillum species (Gastropoda: Costellariidae). Visaya 2(4): 16-51. [Published June 2009] page(s): 23

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