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Vexillum buriasense

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Species of gastropod

Vexillum buriasense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species: V. buriasense
Binomial name
Vexillum buriasense
(Tomlin, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Mitra buriasensis Tomlin, 1920 (original combination)
  • Mitra elegans Reeve, 1845 (junior secondary homonym of Voluta elegans Link, 1807; Mitra buriasensis is a replacement name)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) buriasense (Tomlin, 1920)

Vexillum buriasense is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell attains 23 mm. It is in a spiral shape and is white and cream in color.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia

References

  1. ^ Vexillum buriasense (Tomlin, 1920). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Lea, H. C. 1841. Descriptions of some new species of fossil shells from the Eocene at Claiborne, Alabama. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 1, 40(9):92-103, 1 pl

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Taxon identifiers
Vexillum buriasense


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