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Vexillum virginale
Shell of Vexillum virginale (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. virginale
Binomial name
Vexillum virginale (Lesson, 1842)
Synonyms
Mitra pallida A. Adams, 1853 Mitra virginalis Lesson, 1842 (original combination) Vexillum (Costellaria) virginale (Lesson, 1842) Vexillum virginalis (Lesson, 1842) (incorrect gender ending)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.5 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tahiti

References

1. Vexillum virginale (Lesson, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

External links

• ]https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14714670Lesson R. P. (1842). Mollusques recueillis dans la Mer du Sud. Genre Mitra et Pleurotoma. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne. 5: 141-144]
• Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus Mitra, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 132-141

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