Vexillum semicostatum

Vexillum (Pusia) semicostatum
Vexillum (Pusia) semicostatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Subgenus: Pusia
Species: V. semicostatum
Binomial name
Vexillum semicostatum
(Anton, 1838)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin, Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea.

References

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