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Vexillum unifasciatum

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Species of gastropod

Vexillum unifasciatum
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. unifasciatum
Binomial name
Vexillum unifasciatum
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Costellaria unifasciata (W. Wood, 1828)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) unifasciatum (W. Wood, 1828)
  • Voluta unifasciata W. Wood, 1828

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 24.9 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West and Central Pacific: off Mauritius and Mozambique, the Philippines and Hawaii; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References

  1. ^ Vexillum unifasciatum (Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1-59, pls 1-8.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Vexillum unifasciatum


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