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Vexillum echinatum

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Vexillum echinatum
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum echinatum
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. echinatum
Binomial name
Vexillum echinatum
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Costellaria fusiformis L.A. Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra echinata A. Adams, 1853 (original combination)
  • Mitra mucronata Reeve, 1844 (nomen dubium)
  • Tiara mucronata Broderip, 1836
  • Turricula echinata 'A. Adams, 1853)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) echinatum (A. Adams, 1853) ·

Vexillum echinatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

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Red Sea; Tropical Indo-Pacific to Polynesia; also off the Philippines.

References

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  • Fedosov, A. E., and Yu I. Kantor. "Evolution of carnivorous gastropods of the family Costellariidae (Neogastropoda) in the framework of molecular phylogeny." Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal 20.2 (2010): 117-139.
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