Strigatella vexillum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Strigatella |
| Species: | S. vexillum
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| Strigatella vexillum (Reeve, 1844)
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Strigatella vexillum, common name : the vexillate mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 25 mm and 86.5 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean.
References
[edit]- ^ Strigatella vexillum (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 430