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Vexillum pyropus

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Species of gastropod

Vexillum pyropus
Shell of Vexillum pyropus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species: V. pyropus
Binomial name
Vexillum pyropus
Turner & Marrow, 2001
Synonyms

Vexillum (Costellaria) pyropus

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. Vexillum pyropus Turner & Marrow, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Turner, H.; Marrow, M.P. (2001). Five new Vexillum (Costellaria) species from various Indo-Pacific locations and remarks on Vexillum (Costellaria) perrieri (Dautzenberg, 1929) (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae). Novapex (Jodoigne) 2(2): 43-55

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Taxon identifiers
Vexillum pyropus


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