Vexillum deshayesi

Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Subgenus: Costellaria
Species: V. deshayesi
Binomial name
Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra rigida Swainson, W.A., 1840
  • Mitra deshayesi Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra elegantula Dunker, R.W., 1871
  • Mitra articulata "Philippi, R.A." Jickeli, 1874
  • Mitra festiva Garrett, A., 1880
  • Mitra formosa Garrett, A., 1880
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi (Reeve, 1844) (misspelling)

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

The subspecies : Vexillum deshayesi alauda (Sowerby II, 1874) has become a synonym of Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864)

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Madagascar, Mauritius and Mozambique.

References

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