- Vexillum taeniatum
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Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum 
Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Costellariidae Genus: Vexillum Subgenus: Vexillum Species: V. taeniatum Binomial name Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum
(Lamarck, 1811)Synonyms[1] [2] - Mitra taeniata Lamarck, 1811
- Mitra gloriosa Noordt, 1819
- Mitra vittata Swainson, W.A., 1822
- Mitra crocea Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874
- Vexillum (Vexillum) taylorianum Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874
- Mitra jucunda Dunker, R.W., 1879
- Mitra fasciata Dall, W.H., 1905
- Mitra permutata Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923
Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum, common name : the Ribboned 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 38 mm and 85 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and in the Gulf of Thailand.
References
- ^ a b Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum (Lamarck, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416789 on 7 December 2010.
- ^ Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum; accessed : 7 December 2010
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 63
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